Lighter Pulley Kit + Tailshaft

[Eug]

Were you advised to protect the driveshaft (when it is in the car) in anyway or does the driveshaft already have some sort of protection over the CF section?

I have been told that CF tailshaft don't like scratches and dings.

i dont think he has a CF tailshaft...

[justinfox]

i dont think he has a CF tailshaft...

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/in...t&p=3016208

Everyone is getting confused now huh?

[Beer Baron]

i dont think he has a CF tailshaft...

lol!

[Eug]

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/in...t&p=3016208

Everyone is getting confused now huh?

lol!

oops...

thought you bought this one

[dontfeelcold]

well if they didn't say anything its probably ok then.

My previous employer had a carbon fibre tailshaft in his race car. They used to wrap it in cellophane to stop it getting chipped. any major scratches can weaken them. Once a guy that was working on the car put a screw into the transmissin tunnel, from the inside of the car, it stuck into tailshaft and put a gouge into it. One new tailshaft later...

[djr81]

well if they didn't say anything its probably ok then.

My previous employer had a carbon fibre tailshaft in his race car. They used to wrap it in cellophane to stop it getting chipped. any major scratches can weaken them. Once a guy that was working on the car put a screw into the transmissin tunnel, from the inside of the car, it stuck into tailshaft and put a gouge into it. One new tailshaft later...

I think you are getting a bit mixed up.

Fibre reinforced materials are usually much better than their equivalent homogeneous counter parts as far as crack propogation resistance is concerned.

Unfortunately they are not so good when basically sand blasted. This can remove the resin from around the fibre reinforcements & then allow the component to fail. As Rolls Royce discovered on the RB211 before they went bankrupt.