| The sliding joint is there to take account of positioning
| tolerances in the mounting of engine and rear axle, as well
| as their relative movement when driving. If you have a banjo
| axle then the difference is 1.125", whereas if you have
| Salisbury it is 'only' 0.875.
OK, well, fair enough, thanks for the replies, everyone. I have the two ends
of an O/D shaft which someone removed from the car with a sawzall (!), and
several non-OD shafts for early cars in my parts bin. So I'll just need to
weigh the costs of having a spacer milled vs. "repairing" the in-two-pieces
shaft vs. trying to find an O/D shaft. I imagine it's probably a wash, and
I'll just have a new shaft built from the remains of the one I have.
Roger Los
'63 MGB, '64 MGB, '67 MGB GT
http://www.rustyheaps.com
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