Aux Trans Coupling

DeLong1 · December 24, 2011, 09:18:01 PM

While trying to improve my existing Aux Trans setup, I've found a way to make the coupling more user-friendly and stable. Using 2 Chain-Couplers' I got from Surplus Center and cutting the ears off and machining down stock HG joints to make splined bushings, the new set-up fits quite nice. I've used John DeMarris' hook-uip for 4 years now and it never let me down but I could'nt never get the slop out of the joints. This set-up is easy to install and allows for removal of the trans if need-be and handles up to 200 ft.lbs. of torque which is more than enough.
C.M. DeLong

hotratz · December 26, 2011, 06:01:09 PM

Excellent!

Jethrow · April 14, 2012, 03:04:05 PM

C.M.

I thought about your approach for my Trasco installation but determined that those hubs would not fit in the 3" space I had to work with. Instead I picked up a couple of Model T Ford universal joints from eBay and cut them down to fit. No machining necessary as the splines on one end of the Model T Ford universal joint match the Trasco and the other end matches the stock propeller shaft.

The resulting configuration can be installed/removed without moving the engine or differential.

Jethrow

Lowspeedlife · January 29, 2014, 11:29:48 PM

Has anyone seen these Spicer/Ford type universal joints with needle bearing cups instead of the normal bushings on the "cross"? And does anyone think this would be a useful improvement over the standard bushings?

Scott

oliverchris · January 25, 2016, 03:57:04 AM

Hi Blake.
Do you by chance have C. M. DeLong's photos anywhere from this thread? Or did that server crash a while back just lose everything? I'd love to make up some of these short couplings...

Blake Malkamaki · January 25, 2016, 05:31:29 AM

I'll have to hunt and see if I can find them Chris.

Quote from: oliverchris on January 25, 2016, 03:57:04 AM
Hi Blake.
Do you by chance have C. M. DeLong's photos anywhere from this thread? Or did that server crash a while back just lose everything? I'd love to make up some of these short couplings...

oliverchris · February 05, 2016, 01:18:27 AM

I just found some pics that I probably downloaded off this site before the other 'great crash'

Do these look familiar....there's more, this is just a sample. If possible, I'd like to post them on my Facebook site, but I don't know who to ask.
They may be from that gentleman who passed away a few years back?? He wrote the guide and kindly sent me a copy.
If it help, the photos were taken in April 2009.

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