Builds An Accidental Frame Off.................. (14 Viewers)

[huminajumina]

honestly you don't even need to buy self tappers, theyre kinda pricey these days, I just used drywall screws, should do the trick.... I guess were not going to see pictures of you polishing your shaft now

 

[rkymtnflyfisher]

 

[Jdc1]

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Mud Happened

 

[rkymtnflyfisher]

The input bearing on the t case, the one that the output shaft of the tranny rides on.

Seems like it may have spun at some point over the last half-a-hundred years.

Chatted with tech support from @cruiseroutfit for a while regarding this. Came up with a solid plan B.

 

[rkymtnflyfisher]

Getting some stuff back together over the last few weeks.

 

[rkymtnflyfisher]

Sometimes you just gotta get shady.

 

[rkymtnflyfisher]

Trimmed the remaining parts of the shims off.

 

[rkymtnflyfisher]

Then the local ski resort opened.

 

[charliemeyer007]

I would have taken a good automatic center punch to the exterior of that bearing and done a strike every 1/4" or so around the circumference in even number total (keeps it centered) in like 5 or 6 concentric rows then used that "juice" for added grip besides the little points created by the sharp center punch as I pounded thee bearing in.

 

[rkymtnflyfisher]

Then the local ski re

I would have taken a good automatic center punch to the exterior of that bearing and done a strike every 1/4" or so around the circumference in even number total (keeps it centered) in like 5 or 6 concentric rows then used that "juice" for added grip besides the little points created by the sharp center punch as I pounded thee bearing in.

That was discussed with tech help also.

In the end I decided to go with an extra .004 of shim stock and the retaining compound.


The path of least resistance first.

 

[BMThiker]

Sometimes you just gotta get shady.

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Would you say slim shady?

Welcome back.

 

[JLawson]

Seems like he is more like a .004 Shim Shady to me?

 

[ijonesinsp]

At some point we all become "the previous owner"

 

[RevISK]

At some point we all become "the previous owner"

It is one of life's inevitabilities indeed.

 

[rkymtnflyfisher]

At some point we all become "the previous owner"

That's closer to reality than you might think.

 

[Chungas Revenge]

That's closer to reality than you might think.

WARNORD/BPT.?

 

[Wasatch Jay]

Trimmed the remaining parts of the shims off.

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That looks like a super well-executed job!

I'm curious, how did you cut off the excess shim stock so cleanly?

 

[rkymtnflyfisher]

That looks like a super well-executed job!

I'm curious, how did you cut off the excess shim stock so cleanly?

Being as that shim stock was only .001" I just used a fresh razor blade and sliced it as deep into the space as I could get it.

 

[rkymtnflyfisher]

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Not seeing any shots of the 40 in the background, is it still in mostly one piece?

 

[rkymtnflyfisher]

Still going the wrong way.