ruudbeckers
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| posted on 8/6/06 at 04:15 PM |
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Type 9 input shaft length
Today I got my bellhousing from yukspeed for my XE engine. I wanted to bolt it to my type 9 gearbox, but came to the conclusion that it is actually to
short. It's 150 mm in length, while the original bellhousing is 170 mm in length. My gearbox however came out of a 2 liter Sierra Ghia from
1988.
I always thought that the gearboxes with the long input shaft where only mounted to the sierra's with a V6. So how is it possible that I have a
gearbox with longer input shaft?
Cheers, Ruud
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omega 24 v6
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| posted on 8/6/06 at 06:12 PM |
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OK I've just measured my A frame one and the shaft etc etc.
The old cast iron Sierra bellhousing from I'm told a 2 litre is 177mm face to face.
The input shaft length from the face of the gearbox to the front of the spigot shaft is 175mm.
I've dry assembled the units (engine , bell housing and gearbox) and they fit together ok although I have not got a spigot bearing in yet.
Hope this helps you out and by the way the gearbox threads are 12mm by 1.5 pitch (metric fine) I had a bit of bother getting allen bolts locally for
this.
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Mr G
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| posted on 8/6/06 at 06:15 PM |
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Whats the gearbox input shaft length?
From the first 'flat' part of the input shaft sleeve (the part the clutch release bearing slides on) to the tip of the input shaft is
2.0L : 147mm
V6 : 179mm
Input shaft sleeve (flat section)
2.0L : 73mm
V6 : 82mm
[Edited on 8/6/06 by Mr G]
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Mr G
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| posted on 8/6/06 at 06:18 PM |
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Just for reference
billy had to cut some of the end off his V6 input shaft to allow it to go fully into the spigot bearing and sit in the end of the crank (it was
bottoming out before the bellhousing and box would bolt up)
Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a
car that you are still paying for - in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes
and the car, and the house you leave vacant all day so you can afford to live in it.
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