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RE: MG-TD Rear Axle Gear Ratio

To: "'smtp:mgs@autox.team.net'" <mgs@autox.team.net>
Subject: RE: MG-TD Rear Axle Gear Ratio
From: "Unger, Larry @ RES" <UNGERL@Reston.UnisysGSG.COM>
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 95 14:01:00 EDT
 ->Date: Monday, September 25, 1995 11:10AM
 ->
 ->>Is the 'pumpkin' on the TD the same as on the A?  If so you could 
substitute
 ->>a used A/B pumpkin  (Moss Catalog Part #s for the A/B banjo rear parts 
are
 ->>thesame) ... you may have to change the wheel gears to match the axle 
splines.
 ->
 ->Oh, nonnononono.  The TD rear end is yet another version of how not to
 ->build a rear end.  It has neither a back plate (like the tube-type B
 ->axles) nor a punkin' (chunk) like the banjo-type A and B axles.
 ->Intead, it splits apart in a plane parallel to the driveshaft
 ->(fore-and-aft), with the ring in one half and the pinion in the other
 ->half.  The irony is that the ring and pinion from MGA's (among other
 ->breeds) fit into this kludge.
 ->
Well so much for my worthless suggestions ... <g>

Larry Unger

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