Re: t-5 questions

[adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Sandwich Maker)]

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" I wonder.
" If I end up buying the Ford input.
" Maybe instead of having a pilot bearing made I'LL have the snout of the
" Input turned down to 0.590" Then I won't even have to pull the
" bellhousing, let alone the clutch and pressure plate. 

but the ford input spline is 1 1/16" x 10...

you could also press a hard steel sleeve that would increase the pilot
to 0.750", and use the late ax15 roller bushing.

"   With the 95 4.0L I had to have a bushing turned down as I couldn't get
" the right one Chrysler did some funny redo on the back of the cranks on
" 4.0's sometime in the 90's.
" It has a double stepped crank opening. first step is almost the size of
" the flange that locates to flywheel, second step is close to the older
" size opening, but smaller.

hmmm...  wonder if this coincides with the 0.750" pilot?

" I had to have a bushing turned down to fit in the second step. IIRC the
" bushing is shouldered to keep it out about a 1/4". This got the AMC T-5
" input almost the full depth of the bushing.
" That's why I'm thinking the GM input may work. My busing is probably
" 1/2" farther away now then a stock AMC bushing and that is how much
" shorter the GM input is than a Ford input.
" So, If I can use a stock AX-15 roller bearing. The GM input will
" hopefully work. Then I will need to change out the clutch disc to a 26
" spline disc. Which shouldn't be too hard to come up with as I'm running
" the Jeep 11" disc.

could be!  sounds promising.
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