Re: [alfa] Milano driveshaft questions ...help please?

["Dean" <tessiedog@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Oh yeah that sounds like a piece of a donut. I have had the same thing
happen to me. I would not drive the car at all until you fix it because prop
shafts coming apart can make a hell of a lot of mess. Its a bit of a pain to
replace them without a hoist because there is lots of rolling around on the
floor. Its essentially a straight forward job. If its a good car replace all
three donuts and the centre bearing unless you like doing things twice. Mark
everything before you disassemble so that the prop shaft goes back in the
way it came out. This will help reduce the risk of there being any balance
issues.
Dean
-----Original Message-----
From: X194ME@domain.elided <X194ME@domain.elided>
To: alfa@domain.elided <alfa@domain.elided>
Date: Monday, 7 June 2004 6:16
Subject: [alfa] Milano driveshaft questions ...help please?


>Yesterday under somehow hard acceleration I heard a popping noise and I
felt
>at the same time something hitting the tunnel, looking at the mirror I saw
>something bouncing on the street which was a piece (cylindrical shape) of
hard
>rubber that has a cross section of roughly 1 2/16 x 1 7/16 it was thorn at
>both
>ends.
>
>I checked the engine mounts but they seem to be ok (they are also square
>shaped), could this be a section of the front flexible joints?
>
>I drove back home (+/-) 10 miles and didnbt notice anything unusual,
however
>I took care of not overstressing the drive train and drove very smooth
>(specially during acceleration).
>
>Questions:
>1)      Could the car be driven with extreme care?
>2)      Is there a way to inspect the flex joints without removing them?
>3)      The most important one, how hard is to replace the flex joints?
>
>Could someone please share some replacement tips?
>
>Thanks in advance,
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