A833OD inspection results... thoughts?

moparmat2000 said

Ok so its the cross pin that retains the cluster gear shaft from moving thats the issue?

Kinda a weird way of doing **** if you ask me. The muncie i built, the cluster gear shaft was press fit in the front and back through bored holes in either end of the case, with bronse thrust washers at either end to keep the gears from eating the case

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Not cross-pin, rather cluster pin, the steel shaft that carries the cluster.
This is how all other A833s are built. It's just the od box that has the floating front end. When used for it's intended purpose, it works well and long, and I thought it was a simple solution. It only becomes an issue cuz we hammer 2, 3, and 4 times as much torque thru it as anything it was ever built to handle. Remember, these originally came on slantys and lo-po 318s, probably topping out at under 200 ftlbs crank..