From what I have read, the U-joints are permanently sealed (that is why they cannot be replaced and you have to buy the whole driveshaft with both U-joints) so it would be unlikely that lubrication from a water crossing would have removed the lubricant. But one cannot rule out anything I suppose ... not when we don't know what the root cause of the failure is.

(11-21-2019, 08:44 PM)Grumpy Goat Wrote: From what I have read, the U-joints are permanently sealed (that is why they cannot be replaced and you have to buy the whole driveshaft with both U-joints) so it would be unlikely that lubrication from a water crossing would have removed the lubricant. But one cannot rule out anything I suppose ... not when we don't know what the root cause of the failure is.

Right.
My image was moisture getting in and not draining with subsequent, slow corrosion..., but who knows.

One more question - how does the hand model in the lower picture keep those nails so clean?

   

   

(11-26-2019, 05:45 PM)Ray Wrote:

(11-21-2019, 08:44 PM)Grumpy Goat Wrote: From what I have read, the U-joints are permanently sealed (that is why they cannot be replaced and you have to buy the whole driveshaft with both U-joints) so it would be unlikely that lubrication from a water crossing would have removed the lubricant. But one cannot rule out anything I suppose ... not when we don't know what the root cause of the failure is.

Right.
My image was moisture getting in and not draining with subsequent, slow corrosion..., but who knows.

One more question - how does the hand model in the lower picture keep those nails so clean?

Have you seen how clean is motorcycles are?

I wanted to show the pictures of Darrell's drive shaft to a friend of mine, but all the pictures have disappeared from the thread. Can anyone else see them?

All the pics show up for me. HP notebook running Chrome.

(01-06-2020, 09:04 AM)mspratz Wrote: I wanted to show the pictures of Darrell's drive shaft to a friend of mine, but all the pictures have disappeared from the thread. Can anyone else see them?

I am in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico presently and they show up for me also.

(01-06-2020, 04:20 PM)Grumpy Goat Wrote: I am in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico presently

Do we need to send a boat

(01-06-2020, 05:44 PM)Lee Wrote:

(01-06-2020, 04:20 PM)Grumpy Goat Wrote: I am in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico presently

Do we need to send a boat

Thanks but no ... I am on a large ship at present ...

(01-06-2020, 11:53 PM)Grumpy Goat Wrote:

(01-06-2020, 05:44 PM)Lee Wrote:

(01-06-2020, 04:20 PM)Grumpy Goat Wrote: I am in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico presently

Do we need to send a boat

Thanks but no ... I am on a large ship at present ...

Aaaaargh, Sailors were meant to be on ships and ships were meant to be at sea as land is nothing but a hazard to navigation matey.

(01-07-2020, 09:11 AM)Rotorwrench Wrote: Aaaaargh, Sailors were meant to be on ships and ships were meant to be at sea as land is nothing but a hazard to navigation matey.

Sailors? What about naval architects? I'd love to go on a tour but it is not comp and I am too cheap.