Steve
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: Jim- That's really bad news. The best
: thing I can think of is to carefully
: cut the triumph shaft off with a
: grinder, and not damage the pin on the
: toyota end. (did it get welded yet?)
: The triumph end may survive, since the
: assembly is too long. If you can
: re-machine it to work at the new
: shorter length that would be great.
: Otherwise you will need another triumph
: end to start over with.
:
: 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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