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Re: Driveshaft install

To: "Spridgets" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Driveshaft install
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 19:19:55 -0500 reply-type=response
References: <5.0.2.1.2.20040909171157.020ddec0@127.0.0.1>
From "Peter C."
> Didjaknow the d/s only goes on the splines of the tranny one way?

Peter, that statement baffled me. I (almost) immediately went out to the 
garage and dug up a driveshaft and transmission to verify this claim. I can 
now say with certainty that it does NOT apply to ribcase transmissions and 
driveshafts from RWA Midgets, as I was able to insert the driveshaft in any 
relationship to the output shaft that I wanted. Are Bugeyes that different? 
I thought that the original driveshaft could be retained when converting to 
the time-honored 1275 with ribcase...

BTW, what is so hard about inserting the D/S afterwards? It is a one-man 
operation that takes under five minutes start to finish with Frank C nowhere 
in sight. Just wrap some electrical tape around the front u-joint to keep 
the nose up, jack up the back of the car, slide in with a flashlight so you 
can see the tailshaft of the trans and slide her home. NBD
David Lieb 

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