m4ff3w
m4ff3w SuperDork
12/7/10 9:22 p.m.

I just realised (as I'm ordering a guibo for the Merkur) that there are 6 guibos between the 3 cars we have now.

Alfa - 3 guibos 190e - 2 guibos xr4ti - 1 guibo

grimmelshanks
grimmelshanks HalfDork
12/7/10 9:25 p.m.

whats a guibo?

grimmelshanks
grimmelshanks HalfDork
12/7/10 9:26 p.m.

whats a guibo?

Luke
Luke SuperDork
12/7/10 9:33 p.m.

A rubber drivetrain flex-joint/disc type of thing.

I'll be needing some for the BMW, soon.

benzbaron
benzbaron HalfDork
12/7/10 9:34 p.m.

A guibo is a guido with a lisp.

I'm up for the front flex disk on my mercedes pretty soon. I don't understand why people call them guibos as it doesn't provide any description of the part. If you were to say, "drive shaft flex disc" or "drive shaft vibration dampener" someone might understand what you are talking about.

Streetwiseguy
Streetwiseguy HalfDork
12/7/10 10:26 p.m.
benzbaron wrote: A guibo is a guido with a lisp. I'm up for the front flex disk on my mercedes pretty soon. I don't understand why people call them guibos as it doesn't provide any description of the part. If you were to say, "drive shaft flex disc" or "drive shaft vibration dampener" someone might understand what you are talking about.

Well, you understand what people say when they refer to Kleenex, right? The Guibo corp is just a bit less known.

friedgreencorrado
friedgreencorrado SuperDork
12/7/10 11:13 p.m.

A guibo is a rubber connection on a driven shaft that needs to pivot, intended to make less vibration where a regular U-joint would make more.

As they fail, they actually make more vibration. And since they aren't metal, they fail much more often than a typical U-joint.

Leave the metal band on a new one on until after you've installed it..

Big ego
Big ego SuperDork
12/8/10 5:57 a.m.

914Driver
914Driver SuperDork
12/8/10 6:12 a.m.
grimmelshanks wrote: whats a guibo?

Raze
Raze Dork
12/8/10 6:49 a.m.

Easy way to fix the guibo situation on the Merkur, buy a T5, either machine or buy an aluminum adapter for a 1-piece drive shaft from 460Machine, done.

Ian F
Ian F Dork
12/8/10 7:31 a.m.
Raze wrote: Easy way to fix the guibo situation on the Merkur, buy a T5, either machine or buy an aluminum adapter for a 1-piece drive shaft from 460Machine, done.

I like ths idea. Because then I can take that "useless" T-9 (that fits nicely into a Spitfire) off your hands.

I also think I have to replace a guibo in a BMW... oh joy... although I'll probably wait until I replace the shifter... again...

Raze
Raze Dork
12/8/10 8:02 a.m.
Ian F wrote:
Raze wrote: Easy way to fix the guibo situation on the Merkur, buy a T5, either machine or buy an aluminum adapter for a 1-piece drive shaft from 460Machine, done.
I like ths idea. Because then I can take that "useless" T-9 (that fits nicely into a Spitfire) off your hands. I also think I have to replace a guibo in a BMW... oh joy... although I'll probably wait until I replace the shifter... again...

I had no idea the T9 could be reused, I seriously thought it was for Merkur purists only, that is fascinating...

Ian F
Ian F Dork
12/8/10 8:20 a.m.

Yep - somewhat sought-after in Spitfire circles, since it can be a bolt-in (with adapter) swap, whereas a T-5 would require major surgery - not to mention be way more transmission that a Spitfire would need.

There are a couple of LBC vendors selling kits, but they aren't cheap.

Also, there's a Volvo tuner in NY who sells a kit to put a T-9 into older Volvo 122's and 1800's where the trans tunnel is too small to fit a T-5.

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