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Re: bugeye propeller shaft installation

To: bgreen99@frontiernet.net, ahfrogeyebugeyeconnection@yahoogroups.com, spridgets@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: bugeye propeller shaft installation
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 14:21:12 EDT
To be honest I've not had much of a problem with this job though always do it 
with the back axle on axle stands and some decent lighting on the job.  I 
hold the prop so the front UJ flops down and just kisses the end of the box,  I 
give it a wiggle and then push it on.

Daniel1312

In a message dated 23/09/03 02:11:23 !!!First Boot!!!, 
bgreen99@frontiernet.net writes:


> I just replaced my 4.2 with a 3.9 chunk to hopefully lower my rpms at 
> cruising
> speed on my 948cc bugeye.  Does anyone have any advice for reinstalling the
> driveshaft?  It seems like a helluva difficult task to mate it to the 
> gearbox.
> The shop manual says "guide the shaft with a screwdriver using the 
> front
> Universal joint lube access hole."  That may work with a good assistant 
> and a
> flashlight, but I've decided it's next to impossible to do this as a one-man
> operation--





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