hemi1
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Post by hemi1 on Jan 30, 2015 12:55:22 GMT -5
Ok,after looking at several pictures on here ,facebook,and inspecting several derby vehicles in last few years,I got a question about the right way to install a slider driveshaft.Just curious if it makes a difference if you put sliding part to front towards trans or to the rear towards rearend ? I will continue to do mine same as I always did for last 9 years since it has worked for me.Just wondering what everyone else does and does it really make a difference.
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Post by pasterofmuppets on Jan 30, 2015 12:58:40 GMT -5
I always put small end forward. But thats just me. No real reason other than you are "turning" the small shaft inside the large as opposed to mounting it backwards and "turning" the large shaft around the small. The second way logically hints at the small possibility of stripping splines or binding and twisting. Although I have only seen one "big name" slider strip splines.
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Post by triplerracer on Jan 30, 2015 13:08:43 GMT -5
Always wondered if it mattered. Always see sliders installed with the smaller female end hooked to the trans. But every piece of machinery I have ever seen or used has it the other way. Good question hemi1.
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Post by moparmagic105 on Jan 30, 2015 13:38:37 GMT -5
I mount the tube to the front and square to the back because I have heard of them coming apart or breaking and if the square part is in the tranny it will spin around and possibly cut right through the floor. Just what I have heard but it makes sense to me.
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Post by XtremeMopar#307 on Jan 30, 2015 14:46:44 GMT -5
I put the smaller end to the trans for weight reasons
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Post by cheezwhiz31 on Jan 30, 2015 15:21:50 GMT -5
I look at it as if i were to slide something together i would use the smaller part and slide it into the bigger part. so that is the way i want mine to slide cause 90% my engine side moves before the rear end does....
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Post by STROMI 121 on Jan 30, 2015 16:08:20 GMT -5
I put the smaller end to the trans for weight reasons X2 |
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Post by 262markm on Jan 30, 2015 16:50:52 GMT -5
I put the smaller end to the trans for weight reasons X2 x3 Sent from my SCH-I545 using proboards |
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Post by seventyonehemicuda on Jan 31, 2015 1:17:41 GMT -5
I don't think it matters at all, rule of thumb on the farm is to have the smaller shaft go up to the tractor so that when you disconnect an implement the end that was hooked to the tractor will lay on the ground(or block) and rain water won't run down the shaft and into the outer tube. .jpg) you get the idea.... |
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Post by amkear613 on Jan 31, 2015 12:24:39 GMT -5
Very interesting thoughts. I never would have thought it mattered
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Post by STROMI 121 on Jan 31, 2015 14:07:26 GMT -5
With a stock tailhousing with just a brass bushing supporting all that weight, it matters.
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Post by amkear613 on Feb 1, 2015 1:53:16 GMT -5
With a stock tailhousing with just a brass bushing supporting all that weight, it matters. Add that to the list of reasons why I'm still a rookie... |
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Post by 262markm on Feb 3, 2015 7:47:56 GMT -5
With a stock tailhousing with just a brass bushing supporting all that weight, it matters. where do you get the brass bushing from Sent from my SCH-I545 using proboards |
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Post by STROMI 121 on Feb 3, 2015 8:48:02 GMT -5
I was talking about the stock bushing in the stock tailshaft that helps support the weight of the driveshaft.
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Post by sandbagger65 on Feb 3, 2015 23:52:42 GMT -5
I actually asked Nerat a few years ago when I first bought my shaft from him.. He said mount small part towards the tranny.. So I just do what the man says to do.. Lol
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