From: Bobby Joe Pendleton II (bjpendleton@charter.net)
Date: Tue Sep 06 2005 - 12:41:41 PDT
I haven't ever run up on an input shaft that was hardened. Have you tried a
hack saw??
BjP
Southern by the grace of God
"I...Shall Remain Confederate"
----- Original Message -----
From: "SGM PANTANO" <TRUKS1@msn.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 10:40 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] Cutting a Transmission Input Shaft
>
> I know..but -- on a driveshaft...when they are cut and shortened - they
> are
> "welded".. On the input shaft..you can cut it on a mitre saw for steel..or
> a
> lathe -- which is a killer for "set-up"...and a waste of time.. You are
> not
> talking about something that needs to be perfect.. (On the shaft --inside
> the transmission output tail ??!! NO WAY... Maybe if it were on the
> driveshaft... But not on the input shaft.) -- or a "cut off saw used by
> fire departments.. Yes it will get a bit hot - but--only on the tip -
> which
> will hurt nothing. Don't scare the guy..Let him cut it.. I have done it
> many
> time on FORD shafts when swapping out Borg Warner Transmissions..and on a
> few 800 series wrecker shafts....AND , last but not least......INPUT
> shafts
> are NOT hardened.. Gene
>
>
>> Welding heats the work. We are talking about cutting and machining. When
>> the
>> temper of the work is critical, I imagine that there is an alternative to
>> using heat, such as develpoed during welding, but perhaps an expert can
>> enlighten us.
>>
>>
>
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