If the interference fit is a bit loose then it might come apart by torch heating at the triumph end. And mabe have the toyota end in cold water? I have never tried this, and the odds are against it working. (because the heat will transfer too well)
One inch is about the thickness of the adapter plate, is this where the measuring got fouled up?
And I suggest you wait on getting the exact driveshaft length figured out, until the engine/trans are back in the frame.
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: Nuts! I finally get everything done,
: every bolt modified, every spacer
: ground to thickness; and all of it back
: in one location for assembly and
: installation. With great anticipation,
: we hoist the completed tranny up to
: mate with the engine.
:
: 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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