<div dir="ltr">Bob,<div><br></div><div>I was faced with this and here is what I did on my 63 BJ 7. I slid the trans/od into place as far as it would go. This left about an inch or so gap between the bell housing and the block. With the trans/od in this position, the trans splines are lined up but not the OD splines. Now, using heavy wire (with the trans/od still almost installed)(I used mechanics wire), wire the drive flange to the trans case using several of the holes of the drive flange (I used all of them). Be sure the wires are tight so the drive flange cannot move even a fraction. This will hold the drive flange (and the trans splines) in place. Now remove the trans/od and line up the od splines with the trans splines. Without moving anything else, the trans/od should slide into place with no problem. Mine went in so easily that I did not realize it was actually in. Cut the wires on the drive flange and you are ready to proceed.</div><div><br></div><div>Good luck.</div><div><br></div><div>Fred</div><div>63 BJ 7 deceased</div><div>66 BJ 8</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 12:07 PM, Bob Spidell <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bspidell@comcast.net" target="_blank">bspidell@comcast.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Folks,<br>
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I've successfully (hopefully) rebuilt and upgraded my OD and gearbox, but can't seem to get them to, uh, mate properly. I had aligned the splines in the rear of the OD with my mainshaft before assembling the gearbox, but even then they didn't want to merge and, of course, after several tries the splines became misaligned (and I don't have a much-desired spare mainshaft). I've done my best to get the splines aligned by prodding with a screwdriver but, even with them visibly aligned the two won't slip together. I tried dozens of test fittings, and got them to join one time, but didn't have the pump can or gasket installed, so that was for naught. Any suggestions?<br>
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TIA,<br>
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Bob<br>
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