If you will read the installation instructions from Herman you will find ...
1. Extend the driveshaft to its maximum extension.
2. Install the locking collar over the extension, right next to the
driveshaft, so that it CANNOT RETRACT !!
8. If the driveshaft dimension is longer than the distance from the
distance from the transmission flange to the differential flange. It
MUST BE SHORTENED by that amount.
So ... when in doubt RTFIs ... <:-|
And Joe, is right the very best way is to have a custom drive shaft.
I got one from Driveline Stockton, complete with Spicer U-Joints ,
for $150.00
>I know that new engineered ideas evolve, things are discovered,
>improvements are made, etc., but this is one reason (of a few)
>that I now regret installing a Toyota 5-speed in my TR6 last
>year. Yes, regret. If I had to do it all over
>again, I'd go with the OD instead.
>
>If you are considering the conversion you might want to re-think it.
>
>Joe Merone
>CF18928
>
>
>
>As Bob Danielson has already answered, it is likely that the tranny
>flange moved too far forward and ate the rear seal. The locking
>collar prevents the driveshaft from collapsing, but it does NOT
>prevent the driveshaft from extending further than it should, which
>would cause the flange to be below the minimum distance from the
>seal. Bob told me about this, as I am in the process of doing this.
>After I read his report and email, I found that I could pull the end
>of the driveshaft out of the splines. After seeing this, it is off
>to the driveshaft shop for me to have one made without sliding
>splines. You only want 1 slip joint in the assembly, and you have 2.
>THANKS, Bob.
>Irv Korey
>74 TR6 CF22767U
>Highland Park, IL
--
Bill Pugh
1957 TR3 TS16765L
aka
Casper
AnnaBelle Pugh
1970 TR6 CC59179L
aka
Rosey
Wallace, CA
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