From: Joe Shannon (fordpart@bellsouth.net)
Date: Thu Jun 13 2002 - 18:12:14 PDT
Ok. If the he took the shaft apart in the middle, there is a cap screwed on the
end of the female end of the shaft he probably forced it out thru this cap, this
is a seal and prevents it from coming out. This has very fine threads on it but
I think they are right hand.
"Paul A. Thomas" wrote:
> Hi List:
>
> The wrecker just backed my shiny new M35W/WN into the hole I dug in the
> back yard. He had to remove the prop shaft going from the .. transfer
> case? to the gear housing (differential?) at the front of the first rear
> axle. ( bear with me: my TM CDs aren't here yet to allow me to look up the
> proper names )
> I found the one spline at the front of the shaft, which goes into a sleeve
> coming from the rear of the transfer case? .. and there is one spline which
> is wider/lower by far, which I presume is a key to align the two properly.
> How do I get the prop shaft back into the sleeve? I thought about using a
> small sledge hammer on the other end of the shaft... Is there a trick to it?
>
> If material, the truck was built in late 1952 by REO. Gas engine, 6X6,
> front winch, and a bed and cab full of fire truck thingamaboppies. I don't
> think that would affect the drive train, but... ?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Paul
> MVPA 24986
>
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