I was talking about the drive (propeller) shaft. The stock triumph shaft has a sliding coupling toward the differential end. The Toyota drive shaft connects to the T50 with a splined coupling. I feel uncomfortable with both of those things having the ability to let the drive shaft move back and forth that much.
I just revisited your pictures and found what I was looking for. When I first saw the picture of the two cut pieces next to each other, I thought that was just the Toyota shaft cut in two. Now I realize that it is the Toyota little front piece and the GT6 shaft, with the front facing rearward.
So you did in fact cut the slip/splined coupling off the GT6 drive shaft. And "that's" the answer I was looking for.
I just finished grinding down bolt heads so they fit flush in the adapter plate; and ground down the ring spacer that goes in front of the input bearing to within the .019" inch range called for in the manual. Of course, God forbid Toyota would make these available to us - so we have to make our own.
I'll also be welding up the input shaft interference joint this weekend. That "does" scare me, because I don't want to introduce any run-out. I've damn near memorized your section on this!
BTW: Did you use any tricks to measure exactly how much of the Toyota mount/bracket to cut off in order to fit within the chassis rails? Or did you just get close and then grind-to-fit?
Gonna be a BIG T50 WEEKEND. I'll let you know how it goes.
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: Jim- Sorry, But I'm sort of lost on
: what you call the "slip
: coupling". Is it the sliding tube
: on the shaft that holds the release
: bearing and actuates the pressure
: plate? If so that is still in the stock
: configuration.
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: Hey Dan,
:
: Time to do the drive shaft this weekend
: (I hope). I must assume that, because
: the Toyota has slip coupling at the
: tranny output, that you flipped the GT6
: drive shaft around and cut off the
: GT6's slip coupling, "IF"
: there was enough length remaining.
:
: Is that what you did, or did you leave
: the GT6's shaft in its original
: orientation?
:
: Thanks! - Jim
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