That Ozzy Guy

I was actually reading through this thread last night and was going to bring it back to life myself. Might need help with this if I don't find the time to take the uni to a shop. Mike, or a moderator, can you please move it to the Suspension, Steering, Drivetrain section. Cheers

:cheeky: Ever since I've started working I've been in debt because of cars. Easily over 50% of each pay for the last 8 years has gone into my cars. I'd love to admit that I'm exaggerating that figure but I'm not. At one stage I was spending close to 90% of my pay on my car (Skyline) so I had to sell it. My parents think I'm crazy. I know I'm carazy.

So the lesson of the day is; If there is red/brown dust on the cap ends then the roller needles have corroded. Thanks for all your help guys:classic: I'd be lost without you all and paying some guy $50 an hour while not learning anything. I must say that working on the car yourself, even though it is a hit and miss affair in my scenario, is very rewarding.

Umm, where does that go?:cheeky:

So that red dust came about from the friction from inside due to lack of grease? Sorry, I just didn't fully understand your first sentance. What are 'needle rollers'? Cheers

Steve, here's a pic from the other side.

Well that is certainly interesting to know. Thanks guys. How often should they be greased up?

No problem mate. Btw, I've gone through stickdeath.com a while back and it was hillarious.

Aaah c'mon guys, don't get all 'I'm too good to watch this rice fest'. It's all in good fun and there are some really nice cars in it. It's a movie where cars are the main character and God knows we could all do with more of these so vote with your bum and show the producers we want more car related movies. Just ignore the acting if you can. Mitsubishi wasn't the only major sponsor. Anyone else notice "Sparco" about a hundred times? You'd think that there are no other brands of seats, gearknobs etc in USA.

Yeah it does have a nipple. It actually broke off so now there is only a spring hanging from the hole. Always wondered what was inside the nipples. I'm thinking I might just replace both sides with CV joints Ben. Will cost me more but at least I don't have to worry about it anymore. If I can find a cheap uni I'll whack that on for the time being so I can drive the car untill I'm ready to convert it. Cheers

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The launch must have clean broken the uni and then the force of driving it must have broken the other end and it poped out. Here's a pic with the brand name. The bottom line which is hard to read is GM8.

Another pic

I can't really answer that question but I'd say they were fresh in 1991 when the car was built. That is unless they had been broken after that and replaced. *shrugs* With some help from my father I took the uni and shaft out today. Wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. Here's some pics. Now I need to know how to disconnect the uni from the shaft?? I've taken out the clip but I hit a brick wall after that. I found a thread about it here so I'll try it out another day. http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=6124&highlight=half+AND+shaft

I've been sucked in by one of those, on a couple of occasions.

No problem. Things get taken out of context, life goes on.

me too. i just might activate my message bank on my mobile now and keep my phone switched off. change the message every week. should keep me amused for half a year. good one keith

Umm, wow. You know what, take some advice from Carl. To quench your curiosity, I've done none of those things and if I ever become a politician, someone please shoot me. I did not and would not waste my time researching and writing about a sad little man like Bush. All I did was copy an email and paste it here and you have the nerve to attack me, question my life's achievements & call me a nobody. Thanks mate. Maybe what we need is for Mike to remove the 'Funnybone' if people can't understand the definition of a joke. For those that don't know the definition, look here. Sorry if I'm putting fuel on a fire but I don't have to take this from someone that obviously does not know me.

The whole story. I dumped it in first about half an hour before it broke off and I heard a loud bang from the back. This was the initial crack but the uni held on so I drove it home. I drove for around 3km before the half shaft came off. I was at the lights and was taking it very easy when all of a sudden I heard a bunch of crunching which I thought was the diff gears. The car came to a stop naturally and trying to move it again was painful to say the least. The shaft would just turn and hit stuff around it. Once we got it on the tow truck we realised it was the shaft and not the diff. My night and mood improved after that. :classic: I think the wise thing to do would be to upgrade them to CV's in my case before it happens again. Any help on how I go about doing this would be fantastic.

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While we're at it, how much for the CV's? Might as well upgrade it now.

Hey Gav. You are right, they are Uni's. Here's a photo. You can't really compare the two. It's a totally different ball game. It's like sleeping with a fat woman and sleeping with a gorgeous sheila. You'll come either way but with the hot sheila you'll enjoy it more and it'll be over faster. Umm, does that make sense? So how much are one of these Uni's?