Weld the interference joint with a tig if possible, but mig is fine if the penetration is good. I usually weld 1/4 way around at a time, on opposing sides. The long pin-socket fit (if true) should keep it from developing runout. Too big a weld might cause it to happen though. It would need a matching weld on the opposite side to pull it straight.
On the bracket I just cut down it to fit.
--Previous Message--
: Oops. Mucho lost in translation!
:
: 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.
:
: --Previous Message--
: 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.
:
: --Previous Message--
: 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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