unbolt tube, raise car...
drag tube and rear carrier away from car.
lower car..
the end 
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Dec. 21, 2010 9:42 p.m. 924guy Dork
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Dec. 21, 2010 9:46 p.m. Toyman01 SuperDork
Hmmm
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Dec. 21, 2010 10:04 p.m. Lesley SuperDork
What in god's name is a torque tube?
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Dec. 21, 2010 10:12 p.m. Toyman01 SuperDork
The big tube looking thing down the middle. Used to connect a front engine to a rear transmission. Usually buried deep inside a car where you can't get to it without dismounting the world.
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Dec. 21, 2010 10:15 p.m. 924guy Dork
Lesley wrote:
What in god's name is a torque tube?
think drive shaft...
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Dec. 21, 2010 10:17 p.m. Lesley SuperDork
OK, drive shaft I know. Changed the bloody hanger bearings on my truck one time.
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Dec. 21, 2010 10:25 p.m. Toyman01 SuperDork
Yuck, I have never had a hanger bearing change go by the book. The last two I have done I ended up shattering the outer race and cutting the inner race off the shaft.
I sure hope you had better luck with yours.
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Dec. 21, 2010 10:29 p.m. Lesley SuperDork
I had help that knew what they were doing, thank god.
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Dec. 22, 2010 8:15 a.m. WilberM3 HalfDork
Lesley wrote:
OK, drive shaft I know. Changed the bloody hanger bearings on my truck one time.
the difference is that a torque tube is a fixed tube connecting an engine and trans, with a driveshaft inside it.
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Dec. 22, 2010 9:32 a.m. Lesley SuperDork
Gotcha... it's the thing the driveshaft lives in.
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Dec. 22, 2010 9:56 a.m. pilotbraden Reader
Is a hanger bearing also called a carrier bearing?
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Dec. 22, 2010 9:58 a.m. 1slowcrx HalfDork
pilotbraden wrote:
Is a hanger bearing also called a carrier bearing?
Center support bearing on BMW's and Benz
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Dec. 22, 2010 10:23 a.m. iceracer Dork
Torque tubes have also connected the transmission to the rear axle. Mostly on older cars.
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Dec. 22, 2010 11:31 a.m. wlkelley3 Dork
Torque tubes don't always connect the transmission to the rear axle. My Opel GT uses what they call a torque tube that solidly connecte the rear axle to the unibody and the drive shaft hooks to it.
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Dec. 22, 2010 5:31 p.m. iceracer Dork
And there is a driveshaft inside the torque tube. Not familiar with Opels though.
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Dec. 22, 2010 6:53 p.m. wbjones Dork
so a torque is a housing for a drive shaft...???? and this helps the drive shaft how ????
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Dec. 22, 2010 8:04 p.m. porksboy SuperDork
Centre support bearings get the drive shaft removed and then the whole shebang gets toted to my buddies at the drive shaft shop 5 miles from the house. They will replace the bearings and u-joints and rebalance everything for $50.00.
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Dec. 22, 2010 9:54 p.m. wlkelley3 Dork
Opel GT rear axle Yeah, basically a housing for a shaft. The attached link is a breakdown of the Opel GT axle. The section from the diff to a carrier is what they call a torque tube and does have a shaft in it. In this case it also act as a pivot point, sort of. The drive shaft has universals but mainly stays straight.
