[Fot] TR Drive Shaft

[robert bownes]

Well, if you did it with just a short sliding spline on one end it might not
be so hard. Some of the amurican cars do that iirc. But it's been a long
time since I was under a Camaro.

iii


On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 2:44 PM, Randall <tr3driver at ca.rr.com> wrote:

> > I'm thinking of making up a fixed lenth shaft without the sliding
> > pline. With the diff fixed i see no reason to have the spline .
>
> Just my uninformed opinion, but it seems to me that the transmission and
> differential both move on their mounts enough to matter, not to mention the
> frame itself flexing.  Transmitting all that force to ball bearings not
> designed for side loading seems like a bad idea to me.
>
> But YMMV and all that.  Might be OK for a race car that only has to last a
> few hundred miles.
>
> Randall
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