At least you stopped short of reaching for the bigger hammer.....a step I've
been known to take, usually
with insufficient observation and thought and later regret in direct
proportion to the zeal in applying the bigger hammer!
Bob Allred - Riverton, Utah
Miata & Crossle' 32
Club Racing & Solo Events
<www.inconnect.com/~rallred>
----- Original Message -----
From: Mark J Bradakis <mjb@autox.team.net>
To: <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 1:25 AM
Subject: Sometimes you're the windshield
> Sometimes you're the bug. I hate it when I'm such an idiot.
>
> I'm rushing to get a working gearbox in Killer for the upcoming autocross
and
> our big British Field Day. And since there is another IVR race coming up
in a
> few weeks as well, I think this close ratio GT6 box is the way to go. It
came
> with the pile of extra stuff I had to drag home when I bought the
currently
> dead red race car, might as well give it a try. The internals look good,
the
> input shaft has been machined to fit a Spit clutch, so why not? Well,
when I
> say the input shaft has been worked to fit a Spit, all I measured was the
> diameter which mates with the pilot bearing and the distance from the
> bellhousing face. Oh, and I did count to see if it was a ten spline shaft
> like the early Spit gearbox.
>
> So last night I get the broken gearbox out, and tonight is the night to
replace
> the broken FK box with a close ratio KF unit. I wrestle it into place and
then
> proceed to waste an amazing amount of time trying to get a 10 spline input
> shaft of 1 inch diamter into a clutch disk made for a 10 spline 7/8 inch
shaft.
> Why did I not check that critical dimension BEFORE all the cursing,
cajoling,
> begging and bashing, waggling and whining?
>
> Oh well, if I can't round up a proper clutch disk tomorrow I can drop in a
> single rail 1500 box and driveshaft, do the close ratio box later. Drat.
>
> mjb.
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