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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Yeah it can be done, maybe with some difficulty drawing it away from the box, but when I've done it, it was on a car that has a section of the tunnel over the driveshaft notched for clearance so it comes out of the top.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Better also check the driveshaft for out of balance, that's what kills them...</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Glen Efinger<br></div><div><br></div>
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On Saturday, April 13, 2024 at 09:19:54 AM EDT, James Trudeau via Fot <fot@autox.team.net> wrote:
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<div><div dir="ltr">I’m finally getting ready to change my cracked tailpiece on my 63 spitfire race car. My intention is to do this while engine and transmission are still in the car. Any reason to believe this can’t be done?<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I’ll unbolt the drive shaft front coupler, and angle it down (as much as race exhaust in tunnel allows!). <br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Loosen flange nut on output shaft. <br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Put support under motor and transmission, then unbolt rubber transmission mounts and maybe steel support crossmember. <br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Then fully remove flange nut from output shaft, and unbolt tailpiece from transmission. <br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">My concern is whether I’ll be able to slide the tailpiece back far enough into body transmission tunnel to clear the output shaft. <br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I could make more room by removing the exhaust pipe and or tilting rear of motor down, but not sure what other clearance issues might arise. <br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Trying to avoid overreaching my mechanical abilities!<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><br>Jim<br><br><br>Sent from my iPhone_______________________________________________<br><a href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">fot@autox.team.net</a><br><br><a href="http://www.fot-racing.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.fot-racing.com</a><br><br>Donate: <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br>Archive: <a href="http://autox.team.net/archive" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/archive</a> <a href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/fot" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/pipermail/fot</a><br>Unsubscribe/Manage: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/fot/fubog1@aol.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/fot/fubog1@aol.com</a><br><br><br></div>
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