Fitting a vicsous coupling to prop shaft??

first time i will be doing this. getting a reconditioned viscous coupling with new bearings. when im joining the prop shaft coupling to the viscous coupling does the prop shaft couplings have to be opposite each other exactly for balance or can you just join them without worrying about balance??? any advice on how to fit would be appreciated. cheers

hi, i just fitted mine, not worrying about the position and have not had any vibration problems. one thing i would say though is i would stay well away from reconditioned vcu's. vcu's are sealed for life and contain silicone gel which can not be replaced. so reconditioned units from my point of view sounds like a shiny coat of black paint and new bearings but the most important part (the part that causes all the damage when it goes wrong "the silicone") is not touched. I would recommend somewhere like ashcroft transmissions who sell a brand new one for £370 complete with new vibration damper.....

arh great!!! ive just getting a reconditioned one from bell engineering. fingers crossed.

After speaking with Bell Engineering i feel you should be fine, they seem to know what they are talking about.