No flames at all. That was in fact my first idea. However, being as the condition of the interference mating is suspect, I don't want to risk it if possible. With the extra spacer I'd also have to weld the transmission mount back an inch and cut the drive shaft an inch shorter, which would commit me to the (now)two inch thick adapter plate set. (groan)
I won't be able to revisit the project until late January at the earliest. At that time I'm planning on taking the combined input shaft out and bringing it and one of my other GT6 shafts to a machince shop. We'll see if they can grind the existing GT6 portion of the mated unit off and do another interference fit to the correct length.
Are we having fun yet?!
Hey Dan: You would happen to have an assembled shaft just laying around, would you? (Had to ask)
Ciao - Jim
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: OK maybe this is just a stupid idea on my
: part but......why not make an
: additional "spacer" to go
: between the engine and trans? Assuming
: it (the trans) will fit in the frame
: rails since you haven't done the
: driveshaft yet no harm there. Only
: other thing would be the t/o brg but
: that should be a "modify" the
: same way too.Flame away....was just an
: idea out of the box.
: 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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