Thread: Adaptor shaft

Sitec
IMHO if one is going to use flanges you may as well use a jack shaft and remote mount the LT230

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Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

Sitec
IMHO if one is going to use flanges you may as well use a jack shaft and remote mount the LT230

Length was the issue which is why I made my welded gear setup.. Getting a 5.9 turbo diesel and truck box far enough back yet still retaining a sensible rear prop was hard. Re flanges, yes and no.. Thinking ease here.. Two bolt able faces with the only machining being the conversion boss, a flame cut plate for each gearbox mating face and a large dia (200mm) tube welded between the two plates and the job is done...

And tragically Sitec is 15,000kms closer to his breakage...and in ten years he hopefully will be 150,000kms closer...

Sitec. Yes, I looked at the Rakeway maybe two years ago? From memory not particularly cheap - but could be wrong. I believe unit is not one piece, but a spline adaptor held into the drive flange by a bolt at the back - look closely at their photo and you should see it. I suspect there may not be enough room given the bolt may clash with the nose of the MSA output shaft - so to speak. Have emailed them for an update and hopefully some measurements - although I remember they don't generally respond and you have to ring them.

Just spent a fruitless 4 hours driving into, around and out of Darwin looking for any flange that might match 120mm diameter.

The Toyota specialist wrecker didn't have anything with a 120mm flange, despite me having a 120mm on my Troopy. The other wrecker said if I found a flange I would have to buy what ever it is attached to, they don't separate - couldn't find anything. Another Toyo wrecker option had gone out of business. The fourth on my list is closed up, dealt once with the owner, and all I can say is think Wolf Creek the movie.

Went to the Isuzu dealer and after ten minutes of searching said no stock in Australia that he can see. If it were still available overseas then $350-$400 'maybe'. The Isuzu mechanic said maybe threw one out about 3 or 4 years ago as indication of how commonly they need replacing. He suggested an Isuzu wrecker on the sunshine coast but couldn't remember the name.

A truck spares place said it'll be hard to find an off the shelf Isuzu or any other manufacturer for that size - but not impossible - ball park $200-$300 'maybe'.

You lost for words Lotza?

And the guy who sold me the 4bd1t/gearbox I found out is dead...just saying.

What else can one say when you've gone to all that trouble for nil result.

Just one quick question: (Never having opened the top of the LT230) Is the input gear self supporting and engages the spud shaft directly, or is it supported on an input shaft into which the spud shaft engages?