[Alpines] rear axle question

[Lauri Lehtinen]

A special shop made me a correct prop shaft using Mercedes, BMW and Ford
shafts as raw material. European cars of 60s and 70s had only few
different universal joints and splines plus bolt joints. Shaft was then
friction-welded and balanced. Problem was to make a rear fixing plate,
because OD & gearbox are from a later Humber.

I have seen a series 2 Alpine with later Humber engine and OD box. It was
fixed by moving whole engine forward, then cutting a hole for radiator to
bring it forward too. It looked quite awful.

Solenoid relay + switch I found from eBay.

I have had problems with jumping gears, I hope I can fix it with new pilot
bearing and engine and gearbox mounting rubbers.

Merry Christmas for all of you!



Ldhettdjd: jacranwell at aol.com [mailto:jacranwell at aol.com]
Ldhetetty: 24. joulukuuta 2013 10:13
Vastaanottaja: lehtinen.lauri at kolumbus.fi; bmounce at rcn.com;
alpines at autox.team.net
Aihe: Re: [Alpines] rear axle question



Hi Lauri,



The main thing is to make sure you have the O/D propshaft, which is shorter
than the standard unit. Then you'll need to wire up the solenoid and switch.



Merry Christmas.



Julian.



-----Original Message-----
From: Lauri Lehtinen <lehtinen.lauri at kolumbus.fi>
To: 'Bill Mounce' <bmounce at rcn.com>; 'Alpine Discussion Group'
<alpines at autox.team.net>
Sent: Mon, 23 Dec 2013 21:54
Subject: Re: [Alpines] rear axle question

I have never seen any step-by-step guide to add an OD. I have one in place
but engine still out. Is there any major pitfalls I should be aware of? And
how to lengthen speedo cable, std is very tight when fitted to OD unit?

-----Alkuperdinen viesti-----
Ldhettdjd: alpines-bounces at autox.team.net
[mailto:alpines-bounces at autox.team.net
<mailto:alpines-bounces at autox.team.net?> ] Puolesta Bill Mounce
Ldhetetty: 23. joulukuuta 2013 16:28
Vastaanottaja: Alpine Discussion Group
Aihe: [Alpines] rear axle question

Hello all,



I just read the article in this month's Rootes Review about adding and O/D
unit, and they listed two different rear axle ratios, and the resultant
speeds v. revs.  I always had these questions: how do I know which rear end
I have, and why were there two different ones?  At one point I thought one
went with the O/D trans, the other with non O/D, but that made little sense.
Can anyone 'splain'?



Thanks, Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays to all,



Bill Mounce



1967 SV
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