Geordie,
Sounds like a good weekend was had. I've made a few comments on your shaft
questions below.
> So now my dilemma is as thus... The standard tailshaft appears to be
about
> 1 inch too long in the spline.. I have a spare tailshaft zackly same as the
> one that's on. Anyway, Is there anything stopping me from chopping off the
> metal jacket from the spline so it can sit inside the end of the SR20 Gbox??
You can do that, it's quite common. We do it on FJ boxes with no apparent
problems.
> Secondly, am I able to chop off about 1cm from the end of the spline if
> required???
Don't know about this one, sounds like a bit of a dodgy fix.
> Failing that, how difficult is it to undo the uni-joint and stick the
SR20
> spline onto that joint?
Uni joints can be a bitch to get apart but with patience it isn't too bad a
job. If you have the correct SR gearbox spline especially if its the original
one from your gearbox, this is what i would be trying to do. The only thing to
check is whether or not the SR spline takes the same size uni as the Bluebird
shaft so the spline and the shaft can be mated properly. You don't want this
joint to fail as it's very ugly having a tailshaft spinning at 6000rpm under a
car unattached.
regards
Terry
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