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    10/07/2011 1:21 pm  #1

    Daze
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    So what is your opinion on the u-joint heat shields??

    on April 30, 2010, 10:34 am Daze wrote:

    I know mine were a pain in the but to remove, and I have never seen a retrofit unit running them, so what do you think leave them off, or reuse them, and why???

    I am going to pitch mine, but thought it would be interesting to get other opinions and find out what you guys think.

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    10/07/2011 1:23 pm  #2

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    Re: So what is your opinion on the u-joint heat shields??

    on April 30, 2010, 11:05 am Mustsed wrote:

    According to my shaft shop, these u-joints are the same .........
       
    as used on some driveshafts. There are no cones on driveshafts so why should they be on my IRS. I toughed they are against dirt and not because of the heat!?!?!?!?

    Anyhow I won't use them.

    Mustsed

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    10/07/2011 1:24 pm  #3

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    Re: So what is your opinion on the u-joint heat shields??

    on April 30, 2010, 11:18 am Daze wrote:

    I was told,that they serve two purposes, the first is as a dust shield, and the second...

    is as a heat shield. There is some concern that the heat off of the rear disc brakes could affect u-joint life. Don't know if there is any truth to that but it is something to think about.

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    10/07/2011 1:25 pm  #4

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    Re: So what is your opinion on the u-joint heat shields??

    on April 30, 2010, 12:46 pm Mustsed wrote:

    OK lets say that the inners are there for .........

    the heat issue (I doubt that is), what are the outer ones for?

    I'm sure that I read on GB ebay that they are for dirt/dust protection purpose which makes more sense to me.

    Anyhow, I crapped them!

    Mustsed

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    10/07/2011 1:28 pm  #5

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    Re: So what is your opinion on the u-joint heat shields??

    on May 1, 2010, 9:19 pm Daze wrote:

    no sense in retooling. if one is for heat and dust and the other is just for dust... it would make sense to design a part to serve dual purpose. If it was just just I would think it would be made of rubber instead of metal. Either way I still don't think they are that important.

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    10/07/2011 1:29 pm  #6

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    Re: So what is your opinion on the u-joint heat shields??

    on May 2, 2010, 8:24 pm nolan62 wrote:

    I plan to toss them on my build, here's why. They are not just for dust. I had a chance to talk to a fellow computer engineer from Irland. He's a European gear head! Anyway, he told me that in Europe and England a lot of the roads are not paved. The sheilds are there to keep small rocks from bouncing in there are damaging the u-joints. So if you plan on driving on unpaved roads you may want the keep them. Otherwise, file 13.

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