One Piece Driveshaft

[urq]

... since the two pieces are nominally co-linear it should be possible.  My 
thinking is that in a normal car there isn't enough clearance to allow the 
shaft to move around with the engine/transaxle and rear diff.  I suppose 
that if you reduced the amount these bits can move relative to the body of 
the car you could make it work.

My dad's '68 Ford had a drive shaft that had to be as long as the combined 
lengths of the quattro shaft ... perhaps the way to skin the cat is to try 
to find a car with a 1-piece shaft that's about the right length and then 
adapt it for the Q.  Since the drive flanges are removable you can probably 
make something without that much fabrication ...

Steve B
San Jose, CA (USA)

>
>> Looking for any BTDT experience about making a one piece driveshaft for 
>> my
>> 4kq, I know someone has done it( 80-90 quat) from the info I dug up on
>> Audifans and the Fortitude forums, just looking for more. Anyone or even
>> better the one who did it?
>>
>> Shawn
>> (project rallycrosser)
>
> Although it doesn't sound like a "good idea" to me, that is probably just 
> because I don't know why you want to do it.
>
> Anyway, I suspect any place that works on trucks a lot could do it - since 
> they would have to repair broken shafts for the trucks.  It seems like 
> they could jig it up (hold both halves fixed & straight), cut out the 
> center section, weld in a solid middle, and balance it.  Heck, except for 
> the balancing part, it almost sounds as though an amateur could cobble it 
> together...
>
> -- 
> Huw Powell