Drive shaft query??

[minitravellerman]

I have what I thought is a 998 Cooper engine that I'm rebuilding to replace the 848 unit in my '62.
I've checked the engine number on line and it appear that, yes, it is indeed a 998 Cooper (9FD SA H****).

Now here's the query - it has obviously a remote gear change but the drive shafts are pot type rather than rubber couplings. Did BMC use the pot type drive shafts in the Coopers?

[mk1rally]

nope. Sounds like it may well have been rebuilt at some point.

[minitravellerman]

That was our guess aswell - just odd that it has the remote box but with pot type shafts. If it had a rod change box I could have seen through it. Probably going to drop the block onto the 848's gearbox to retain the "magix wand", but was curious as we'd never come across it before.

[Dino]

We have a 'remote' box with pot joints ... but only because I built it up that way.
I'm sure loads of other people have to.

[mk1]

Both Rich (Guru) & I always (or should I say invariably) replace the original drive shaft arrangement on MK1's with the later pot joints. Its an easy swap & the later joints are much more reliable than the rubber crosses. I suspect that this is what someone has done in your case.

[cheleker]

As indicated, real Coopers were long gone before the pot joints came along in 1973. I do agree that they are much nicer (and easier to work with) than the yoke-type.