24-04-2018, 11:06 AM
(21-04-2018, 02:03 PM)Alan Wrote: Just remember short wheelbase half shafts come in two diameters. Measured on the polished bit just behind the gear teeth they are either 0.875in or 0.890in. Without a lot of messing around they aren’t interchangeable.Thanks Alan. I have a used 22.5" with .890 diameter in fine light rusty condition (!) with a rather battered keyway and taper in stock that came with another car. I did not know there were two types! Can it be "cleaned up"? some radial partial grooves are up to .020" deep. I suppose the state of a hub will also be significant.
I don't know yet if my hub is just very loose on the taper or if the shaft is broken, when I get the nut off (it had no split pin (!) so may be easy....) I may know more.
I don't think the last owner understood much about Sevens! I have found a few half hearted jobs (not particularly difficult ones) that seem to have been started & then abandoned. This may be one of them.
We will see!