80fbody
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Anyone make their own tranny stand for rebuilding? Looking for an idea or two before I grab some steel.
Homemade Tranny Stand???
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Wylde1
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Don't need to build anything really. I've seen trannies bolted to engine stands for horizontal work. If you prefer the trans in a vertical position, put a big tapered punch in a vise on the corner of the bench and slide the trans over the punch using one of the trans to block bolt holes. There you have it for little to no dollars spent.
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fishy68
Tyr Fryr's Inc.
I've used an engine stand too but most of the time I use a couple of pieces of 1/2" threaded rod through the factory assy. lugs and nuts on each side to hold it in place.
80fbody
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Ahhhh. Will look for those "factory assy. lugs". That should make things easy.
fishy68
Tyr Fryr's Inc.
Their located just above the pan rail towards the rear of the pan. They do work fine for doing a trans. on the bench but their only drawback is being able to flip the trans. to vertical to easily drop in the clutch packs. I've done it with them for yrs. and always thought about building a rotating stand so I don't have to muscle them around. The older I get the more I think it's time to build something better, LOL
73Scamp318
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It's a little hard to see, but this is a custom mount that my dad threw together for putting a trans on an engine stand. It's basically a tube that's notched for a piece of thick flat steel that's welded in to mount the arms and two arms with two 90 degree bends to lift the trans up higher so the tailshaft doesn't hit the floor.
It's pretty slick as far as I'm concerned.
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It's pretty slick as far as I'm concerned.
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80fbody
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Sweeet! I like it. Add that to my project list.
fishy68
Tyr Fryr's Inc.
I can see where that'd work good for doing the vertical work such as freshening up a trans. That gives me an idea of how to make one work so when you rotate the stand it rotates the trans. from vertical to horizontal. Maybe in the next few weeks I can get around to building it. Don't have any transmissions to do right now so it's not a pressing issue.
80fbody
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Like this;
http://www.trannystands.com/pictures.html
Definitely would be nice but hopefully I don't have this trans out too many times.
http://www.trannystands.com/pictures.html
Definitely would be nice but hopefully I don't have this trans out too many times.
80fbody
Well-Known Member
Nice. I could certainly hack together something like that. May even try this weekend. Great pics.
fishy68
Tyr Fryr's Inc.
That looks pretty easy to make and sorta what I had in mind. Looks like I'll be searching for some scrap metal, LOL
I always just chunked um up on the work bench.
fishy68
Tyr Fryr's Inc.
I did that for yrs. but my aching old back doesn't like manhandling them anymore.
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