Hello Lister's, Here's a follow up question to my drive shaft question from a couple of weeks ago. In the vast reservoir of experience out there has anyone come across a situation where the manual documentation specifies what the length of a 78 Spit drive shaft should be but when this item is taken off the car and measured, it's about 3 1/2 inches shorter.
The correct length for a 1500 Spitfire 4 speed shaft is 41.625 +/- 0.50, therefore the overdrive shaft is 40.875 +/- 0.50. My drive shaft is about 38 inches. I also measured the empty space from the back of the tranny flange to the front flange of the diff. Same thing, about 38 inches. My car appears to be an unmolested 78 Spit in pretty good shape. No extra holes drilled for tranny changes, the engine looking where it's suppose to be. This came to light because I'm installing an O/D tranny to replace the 4 speed. The drive shaft for the O/D tranny supposed to be about 3/4 inch shorter than the non-O/D tranny. Anyone have any idea how this could occur? Thx in advance for your ideas. mike chmura /// [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list /// Send admin requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive /// Send list postings to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// Edit your replies! If they include this trailer, they will NOT be sent.
