EP85 Viscous Coupling
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weeJohn
Lifer
Steve_322 mentioned it to me.
_GAZ_EP85_
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even if it did'nt fit it wont be much bother making it fit, maybe different bracket or uj's,
ted how's your's coming along now, you had it mapped up with your different turbo etc
ted how's your's coming along now, you had it mapped up with your different turbo etc
_GAZ_EP85_
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ahh cool not to far from us then, were at the end of the m3 london side
yeah let us no how she get's man, i want a go out in here next time im over:drive:
yeah let us no how she get's man, i want a go out in here next time im over:drive:
_GAZ_EP85_
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11th april yeah?, i was thinking about coming over dude, i will check what days im working that weekend?,
prob is i would only make all your car's look slow:haha::kiss:
prob is i would only make all your car's look slow:haha::kiss:
weeJohn
Lifer
Thats first class, I really hope it fits, for us all lol.
weeJohn
Lifer
Looks like a redesign of the 4wd running component would be needed to fit those in, plus it uses sensors so ABS is probably a minimum and others would need to be added I would say.
Used on the Veyron, must be a good bit of kit.
dac69er
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Haha yeah price wasnt too bad, got it at pretty much trade price with Toyota NZ doing a bit of 'Dealer Pricing Assistance'
how much did this cost you mate? also, did it fit? mine is broke
dac69er
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UPDATE! Went to Fatman's on Sunday to fit the driveshaft, and to help certain other members who are/may have this problem with there EP85/95's, I decided to take pictures and do the write up of the install. (Some photos may not work, will be dealt with later)
First things first, car was jacked up so the wheels could spin freely.
Managed to get a decent look at the old shaft, note the huge amount of fluid sprayed on the underside.
So took it out and laid it next to the new EP95 one.
A few things that were slightly different became apparent.
Firstly the mount points for the exhaust hanger thing are on opposite sides, not a huge deal as the factory exhaust is fine without it.
Old
New
Secondly the lengths are also slightly different, also not a problem as the mounts have room for the bolts to slide.
The major difference however is the flange on the transfer case side. The holes were out a few mm's
So after thinking about it for a while, we decided to see if we could swap the flanges around.
If you look carefully at the photo two back, you'll notice the special 'deformed' nut.
In order to get this off you need to either, stick a small flat screwdriver down the hole (hard), or grind some of the top corner where the hole is to make it bigger (what we did)
Then its just the simple step of putting the old flange on, which bolts straight on.
And putting it back in the car.
Will post a video of it working soon.
So in summary there appears to be 2 ways of doing this. You will have to get the EP95 shaft (37120-16030) as the EP85 shaft is discontinued.
1. Do it the way we have
2. Get the flange re-drilled by an engineering shop so you dont have to swap flanges
Big thanks to Fatman for helping with the install and pretty much figuring out how to make it work
First things first, car was jacked up so the wheels could spin freely.
Managed to get a decent look at the old shaft, note the huge amount of fluid sprayed on the underside.
So took it out and laid it next to the new EP95 one.
A few things that were slightly different became apparent.
Firstly the mount points for the exhaust hanger thing are on opposite sides, not a huge deal as the factory exhaust is fine without it.
Old
New
Secondly the lengths are also slightly different, also not a problem as the mounts have room for the bolts to slide.
The major difference however is the flange on the transfer case side. The holes were out a few mm's
So after thinking about it for a while, we decided to see if we could swap the flanges around.
If you look carefully at the photo two back, you'll notice the special 'deformed' nut.
In order to get this off you need to either, stick a small flat screwdriver down the hole (hard), or grind some of the top corner where the hole is to make it bigger (what we did)
Then its just the simple step of putting the old flange on, which bolts straight on.
And putting it back in the car.
Will post a video of it working soon.
So in summary there appears to be 2 ways of doing this. You will have to get the EP95 shaft (37120-16030) as the EP85 shaft is discontinued.
1. Do it the way we have
2. Get the flange re-drilled by an engineering shop so you dont have to swap flanges
Big thanks to Fatman for helping with the install and pretty much figuring out how to make it work