This is what it looks like with the insulation installed.
I can't show you the top but it looks just like this so you'll have to trust
me. You can see the stainless clamps holding the insulation on (red
arrows) right where the bend is in the driveline hoop brackets. I didn't
want any metal-to-metal contact in this area of the bracket which worked out
well for this to happen. On the top, the stainless clamps are holding the
insulation material on one end only but is trapped by the muffler so it
won't be going anywhere. I haven't started it to see if makes any
difference yet but I won't really be able to tell if it's going to work
till I take it for a test drive.
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While I was under the car with the driveshaft out, I took
this opportunity to install this U-joint girdle made by
Moroso.
A U-joint girdle adds some much needed support to the U-joint caps. What
it does is it spreads out the clamping force on the U-joint instead of
the small area that the round ones produce that most cars have. You can see
in the picture below how the cap looks and how it captures most of the
U-joint cap and not just a small portion of it.
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Here it is all assembled and torqued down. Yes....it
calls for the bolts to be torqued down to 45 foot pounds. This design
provides more bearing surface for the U-joint bearing cap, for increased
strength and comes with four 5/16-24 socket head cap screws, nuts and
lock washers. Moroso states that you need at least .010" clearance
between the cap and yoke which means if you need to make the needed clearance,
remove it from the yoke, not the caps. I didn't need to do anything as
things seem to.....(drum roll please)....bolt-right-up!!! This had to be
one of the easiest parts to install that I can remember in awhile. I
hope it works as good as it was to install.
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