Wally
You don't want everything to be in the same plane ... they should be
offset by about 3" so that the universal joints move while rotating
to keep from wearing out in one spot. By your description you have it
right.
Rogerg
51-3100 AD Stocker
> Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 02:10:25 -0400
> From: The Swinging Alligator In The Swamp <monadnoc@crystal-mtn.com>
> To: Ole Trucks <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
> Subject: Re: [oletrucks] TH 350 crossmember
> Reply-to: The Swinging Alligator In The Swamp <monadnoc@crystal-mtn.com>
>
> >
> > When I built my '48, I didn't modify the trans x-member at all, just
> > bolted the T350 to it. It put the engine in exactly the right spot. I
> > had to make a new trans cover for the floor as it sits up an inch or so,
> > but that was no problem.
> >
> > Alan Gingles
> >
>
> Alan, when you installed your tranny, how was the line from the tranny to the
> rear end (drive shaft line)? I have both tranny/engine and rear end at 3
>degree
> angles, so a line running from each is parallel. But if you were to run a
> string rearward from the tranny, and one forward from the rear end, both on
> their respective angles, the tranny string is above the rear end string. Is
> this OK (i.e. normal) even though the pinion angles are the same 3 degrees?
> Looks a bit different, but I don't have a drive shaft in yet and have not had
>an
> opportunity to test it as a running gear. It seems to me you couldn't install
> an engine low enough to let the drive shaft run dead straight on that 3 degree
> angle to the rear end. Hope this sounds OK and makes some sense, though I
>might
> be rambling (my wife can attest to that)! My tranny also sits up an inch or
>so
> into the cab, necessitating a bit of sheet metal cutting in the toe board and
> some fabbing of a tranny hump. I have not done this yet due to patch panel
>work
> on the cab that is currently in progress. Sounds about like your set up
> however, which is somewhat encouraging.
>
> Wally / Templeton, MA
> 53 3100
>
>
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