Originally Posted by
markk
That joint at the box wont work.
The nvh will be terrible and the stress will break something. You need a flexy joint at the box, whether it is a piece of rubber or a uj, but you need something.
Lots of people have solid mounted theirs. Not all cars have a flexi.
Harvey at scs sells, or used to sell, a billet conversion. MK also recommends doing away with the rubber. I am pretty sure the Reyland Escos didn't have one and Mark Shead didn't seem to have an issue.
If there is vibration then I will go back to normal.
The way I see it is that every rubber joint in the suspension is now a rose joint, nvh has gone out the window....but, it is not that much more noisey than usual. The rubber donut was a very basic Cush drive for nvh without a doubt but it can work without as long as there is no deflection in the driveline.