rb5 driveshafts

[paulc]

hi

anyone have a part number for the rb5 driveshaft for the wider rear end ?

are they the same ones that are used on the rb5 sp

cheers paul

[RogerM]

The drive shafts from the SP will fit and work and include the new shorter axles (so you will need the wider hingepin mounts too).

The part numbers you need are;

UM522 RB5-SP driveshafts complete
UM508B rear trans case / hinge pin holder set RB5-SP

If you want to keep the car at the older "worlds" rear end geometry (as I run my car and I believe many of the USA team do to) you need to use the 65.5mm dog bones from the ZX5-"mid rear" conversion set or the ones from the RB5-SP (listed above) on the original RB5 stub axles.

I know the rear end mods can be confusing but trust me, it's worth making the change.

You may or may not know there is now no need to buy the LA243 wishbones and throw half the pack away, UM521 is the part number for the wishbone packs that include one each of RB5 front wishbone and the wide rear wishbone. The only difference between UM521 and LA243 is that the UM521 has a hole deleted that was never used anyway!!!

Remember to buy the 54mm rear shock shafts too which are requried to use the new outer hole in the wishbones ... these are part number W5183-02

Microtech usually have all these bits on the shelf

I hope that helps mate

[paulc]

thanks roger

yes my drive shafts are quite worn so need replacing i am using the proline axles to so don't need the shorter axles / hinge pin mounts

the cars getting changed soon anyway (fabs styleeee ) so just getting a few bits that need replacing ready for the outdoor season

it's good to know they've got a set of wishbones just for the rb5 now aswell

thanks paul