Stupid Studebaker move.

J/P,did you get confused? You were working on a Studebaker, not a Willy's, bailing wire is not a substitute.

The main case or the tailshaft. I think you can get the tailsaft off without yanking the tranny.

ErnieR

The main case, the part that would be a bell housing on a Studebaker.

Big E wrote:

Not quite bailing wire, nice machined spacers, but the snap ring broke and the rest is history. I'll have a custom drive shaft made by a pro this time, lesson learned.

jbwhttail wrote:

And Jeg's, Summit, Speedway Auto, and any good flaps has that dual size u-joint in stock for about $25....

J/P, years ago I completed a convertible hawk project, I didn't get the drive shaft balanced. I was broke down on the Interstate with a thrown U joint. I was rescued by a guy driving a dump truck, Charles Richards. Charles was a new SDC member, he helped me get the car repaired, he and his wife became lifetime friends. Both are smiling from above now, but I know what they are thinking......... get R done!!!

I had three drivers stop and ask if I needed help in the half hour I was on the roadside. All of them stopped because it was a "old Studebaker".

jbwhttail wrote:

fukking Greek engineering

They did not make the one I needed. I needed two different size caps and and a wider cross in one axis.

Jeff Rice wrote:

They DO make that u-joint (or should I say Precision makes it and they sell it).... I have bought and installed several of them when using a T400 yoke and a Ford (Stude shaft)... You can also make one by getting the one combo joint and swapping the caps from another joint. I'll dig through some receipts and find the number.. Jeff (This one rings a bell, but I'd have to check..)

"John Poulos" wrote...

OK, but I'll only use it for future reference since I wanted a new shaft just to be safe. The old one got tossed around quite a bit.

Jeff Rice wrote: