Project Frog Princess
I believe my countershaft holes are fine. Slight slop so you can just make it rattle with hand pressure. But a friend has offered the use of his Bridgeport and lathe so I’m going to sleeve the countershaft.
I took a shortcut by ordering these bearings to use as sleeves. The ID is slightly undersize so I plan to anneal them and open them up to fit the shaft "snug.
I will need to purchase a boring head. This will be used for the T case holes, and will be used to open up the bellhousing bearing retainer hole. This is needed because the OD tranny uses the large retainer and my bell is for a smaller one. It will also require turning the retainer to a smaller size.
The retainer cannot be turned all the way down to the bell hole size as this would get too close to the mounting bolt holes. The bell cannot be opened up to the large retainer size because it would get into the shift fork mounting holes.
I'll post some pics of the process.
I believe my countershaft holes are fine. Slight slop so you can just make it rattle with hand pressure. But a friend has offered the use of his Bridgeport and lathe so I’m going to sleeve the countershaft.
I took a shortcut by ordering these bearings to use as sleeves. The ID is slightly undersize so I plan to anneal them and open them up to fit the shaft "snug.
I will need to purchase a boring head. This will be used for the T case holes, and will be used to open up the bellhousing bearing retainer hole. This is needed because the OD tranny uses the large retainer and my bell is for a smaller one. It will also require turning the retainer to a smaller size.
The retainer cannot be turned all the way down to the bell hole size as this would get too close to the mounting bolt holes. The bell cannot be opened up to the large retainer size because it would get into the shift fork mounting holes.
I'll post some pics of the process.
