Dang your in Fort Myers, Fl. I'm in Brandon. I was just gonna say that happened here. HE! HE! I deliver Fuel to the Pilot truck stop about three
times a week over off of I-75. Kurt
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Dang your in Fort Myers, Fl. I'm in Brandon. I was just gonna say that happened here. HE! HE! I deliver Fuel to the Pilot truck stop about three
times a week over off of I-75. Kurt
Hey I am on three boards anyway, two of which are about computers and I can hardly keep up with them so I just cleaned up the messages on the other boards, but I did work on the roadster today. I cut a D-bar to length and had one end milled at a local machine shop and installed it between the Vega box on the cross steer and the GM column. I am writing this because I do not trust the Speedway universals with the set screws. I went about a mile away to John York's Cobra shop (four cobras in progress of which two are finished) to ask about the D-bar and he said he runs a pin through them and then adds a bit of weld. On the other hand the tech guy at Speedway warned me not to weld them because the heat would ruin their temper. Sooo, I just plan to drill through each end and run a cap screw through with a lock washer to hold it. What do you folks think?
Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder
If possible Don, I'd use a castle nut in conjunction with a cotter pin.
Don,
Looks to me like the Speedway U-joints have lock nuts just like the Borgesons. Loctite the set screws and tighten the lock nut. I have Borgesons, and they lock up just fine. I also drill pilot holes about 1/4" deep in the DD shaft so there's no chance of the joints slipping on the shaft.
http://ww2.borgeson.com/PRODUCTS%20HOME/u-joint.jpg
yes i use a spade drill to spot face thru the u joint set screw the shaft were the set screw is i drill them when are together to get on the shaft were i wantQuote:
Originally Posted by Henry Rifle
In tech, the only place a set screw and locknut are acceptable are at the pinion shaft. All other connections must either be welded or through-drilled using a bolt and locknut.
Russia mostly.......Quote:
Originally Posted by HemiTCoupe
Tech1, thanks for the "official" suggestion! I usually like to think this stuff over and mull it around. Thanks Henry and Pat. I think I will set it up with locktite and indented holes on the flat parts of the D-bar and then when it is rolling and I can get it up on a lift I will have all the joints except the pinion tack welded in place. At present the lower joint is only accessible from the bottom of the car.
Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder
When did we come up again? I haven't been able to get on the last 24 hours. Any posts from Brent as to what's going on?:eek:
I'm calling it training for when we move next weekend, and don't know when, :CRY: I'll be able to get back on! :eek:
Pat
I couldn't get on all day yesterday either. It didn't look like a DNS issue this time, looked like the server was down.
Pat have a safe trip, take it slow and easy. And congrats on the move. I hope you find a place that has a big shop! I would love a country place with a 50x50 shop to spread out in!:3dSMILE:
Not the servers this time around but the switch/hubs at the ISP. Something about digging and a large backhoe being heard in the background :LOL: :eek: :rolleyes: :whacked:Quote:
Originally Posted by ceh383
A dead switch would indeed look like the server was down :whacked:Quote:
Originally Posted by mrmustang
I've been busy since Friday checking out places for my daughter to live when she goes away to nursing school this fall so when I couldn't get online on Friday it was no big deal. But I couldn't get on line on Saturday either, so I knew the glitch was not in my system. It's good to be back today.