firstgear
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Had a little detour today, but once some friends on here helped me sort out that there was a plug in the end of my TKO600, everything was smooth sailing again....need some comments on drive shaft angle...I think I have some adjustment by tightening up the lower bars on each side of the 4 links....I could take out some of the angle at the rear diff by doing that...what do you think?
Here is my nodular iron carrier....it is HEAVY to say the least....but is supposed to take a beating and not let go....cost extra to upgrade to that...but when I drop the hammer , I won't worry about anything....the gears are 3.55 with posi....
also sorted out the panhard....you will notice the plywood is gone...got each side to with 1/32 of each other....no problem with tacking on the bracket as is...BUT, I am not comfortable with the amount of thread engagement I have at the heims end on the housing....
I marked with a sharpie the amount of engagement I had...it is about 1/8" short of being one diameter worth of engagement....so I am back to thinking that I should add about 1/4" to 3/8" onto the bracket to "shim it out", that will give me more than a diameter worth of engagement....
I fitted up the McLeod scattershield and Classic Chevy 5 Speed Tremec TKO600 with McLeod shifter to check to make sure everything was fitting ok...in order to clear the tunnel in the car, CC5Speed in the installation manual recommends dropping the rear tranny bracket 3/8"...I didn't have any spacers that were 3/8", so I found some 3/8" bolts and stuck them in there for spacing for the time being, I will get the fab shop to make me up some 3/8 spacers.
Here are some photos that show drive shaft angle...I need some help here...what is too much in these cars? I know from seeing other rolling chasis photos that there is a lot anyways...I would like to minimize as much as possible...when the hammer drops , I don't want the drive shaft tearing out...thoughts and comments?
in the photo below I can "roll" the rear housing by tightening up the lower link of the link if need be....thoughts?
realize that the rear end is higher than the front end by at least 15 inches in these photos, so the angle looks worse than it is...you need to see where the front of the shaft is and the rear to get a good idea...
of course I had to put the rear wheel on to see what it looked like....also put on the rear disc...the rear discs also fit a Ford Explorer...go figure, guess Ford Racing has put together a kit for rear discs, all the rear brake stuff came in a Ford Racing box complete...go figure!
That is it for me today...next weekend I will drop the body back on to check for wheel clearance and and any other issues I might find...then body back off and dis-assembly to get the frame over to the fab shop for welding....thats it for today!!! thanks to all that provided me some assitance through out the day!!
Again, let me know about that drive shaft angle.....
regards, Herb
Here is my nodular iron carrier....it is HEAVY to say the least....but is supposed to take a beating and not let go....cost extra to upgrade to that...but when I drop the hammer , I won't worry about anything....the gears are 3.55 with posi....
also sorted out the panhard....you will notice the plywood is gone...got each side to with 1/32 of each other....no problem with tacking on the bracket as is...BUT, I am not comfortable with the amount of thread engagement I have at the heims end on the housing....
I marked with a sharpie the amount of engagement I had...it is about 1/8" short of being one diameter worth of engagement....so I am back to thinking that I should add about 1/4" to 3/8" onto the bracket to "shim it out", that will give me more than a diameter worth of engagement....
I fitted up the McLeod scattershield and Classic Chevy 5 Speed Tremec TKO600 with McLeod shifter to check to make sure everything was fitting ok...in order to clear the tunnel in the car, CC5Speed in the installation manual recommends dropping the rear tranny bracket 3/8"...I didn't have any spacers that were 3/8", so I found some 3/8" bolts and stuck them in there for spacing for the time being, I will get the fab shop to make me up some 3/8 spacers.
Here are some photos that show drive shaft angle...I need some help here...what is too much in these cars? I know from seeing other rolling chasis photos that there is a lot anyways...I would like to minimize as much as possible...when the hammer drops , I don't want the drive shaft tearing out...thoughts and comments?
in the photo below I can "roll" the rear housing by tightening up the lower link of the link if need be....thoughts?
realize that the rear end is higher than the front end by at least 15 inches in these photos, so the angle looks worse than it is...you need to see where the front of the shaft is and the rear to get a good idea...
of course I had to put the rear wheel on to see what it looked like....also put on the rear disc...the rear discs also fit a Ford Explorer...go figure, guess Ford Racing has put together a kit for rear discs, all the rear brake stuff came in a Ford Racing box complete...go figure!
That is it for me today...next weekend I will drop the body back on to check for wheel clearance and and any other issues I might find...then body back off and dis-assembly to get the frame over to the fab shop for welding....thats it for today!!! thanks to all that provided me some assitance through out the day!!
Again, let me know about that drive shaft angle.....
regards, Herb