Brad,
This is one question I can't help with, all my trucks have open drivelines.
I'm sure someone on the list has gone through this before though!
John
-----Original Message-----
From: Brad Newman <bkn6@airmail.net>
To: john r dorsey <jrdorsey@strato.net>
Date: Sunday, December 12, 1999 11:46 PM
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] gear grinding continued
>I decided earlier this evening to go ahead and pull the tranny, and have
>since run into a little snag. How in the world does the torque tube
>separate from the tranny? All of the bolts are off, the tranny mount is
>off, and the collar is "unscrewed", but its still tight as a drum. I
>have the instructions in the shop manual but I am not sure what or where
>some of the parts that the book references are.
>I have taken the ball and fork out, and think that I am ready to drop
>the tranny (I wish that I had the guide pins that the shop manual speaks
>of), but I cant until the torque tube is off. Any ideas?
>If I can get the tranny out I can check the pressure plate (along with
>everything else in there), and hopefully I can get it back together and
>drive it by mid week. I have been building this truck since January of
>97, and still haven't driven it, so now that I'm this close I am getting
>a little impatient!
>Thanks again for all of your help on this.
>Brad
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