THE FRIGGIN INPUT SHAFT IS AN INCH TOO LONG!!
Now, this can mean only one of two things:
1. The GT6 & T50 shafts were measured incorrectly, but assembled properly.
2. The shafts were measured correctly, but assembled improperly.
Number two gives me pause; I could end up with only a fraction of an inch interference length.
Well I got a hold of the guy that did the shafts (six years later!). He still remembers the project and is looking into it for me.
Dan: Do you think a second interference cut would be possible? Or being as I have a spare GT6 tranny, do you think the combined shaft could be milled down just to the Toyota component and then re-mated to my spare GT6 shaft?
After all this, I hate to think I'm going to assemble the car with the original 4-Speed tranny.
Adios for now.
I'm back on road heading home from another "project weekend".
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: OK. I'm sold. Thanks guys. I was
: planning to have it balanced by a shop
: afterward anyway (I'm not
: "totally" loopy - ).
:
: Hopefully I'll have the drive train
: initially installed by tomorrow. And
: the drive shaft to shop on Monday (if
: it's open).
:
: Dan: The measurement I threw out there
: had come from one of your write-ups
: from a long time ago. Having an exact
: number really doesn't matter
: "unless" I use a shop to
: assemble the shaft. Otherwise, I'd
: just cut-to-fit and weld her up myself.
: So now (deciding to use a shop) I'll
: have to be extra careful with lay-up,
: because these components are getting
: hard to find; especially the Toyota
: shaft.
:
: Thanks again. A good
: "reality-check" conversation.
:
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: Yup, I think we've all been in
: situations
: where we 'had to' just make things
: work.
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: ...
: Carter- You are exactly right! If I
: had had the money (and time) back when
: I did my conversion I would have had
: the driveshaft made. But at the time I
: was just too poor- and the toyota box
: was "experimental" to a large
: degree.
: ...
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