Hi all

I've been searching the archives all morning but can't find a good link.

I'm planning to fit a type 9 to my 1300 x-flow.

Is it possible/difficult to change the long Input Shaft from a v6 Type 9 'box to a short Input Shaft from the 4-cylinder?

Is it easier to buy/make a spacer plate and use the long shaft type 9?

Other than propshaft, 'box mountings, clutch plate, do I need to change anything else?

Cheers

Does this help? Courtesy of Gary Miller.


oh bum - didnt work. File is too large to link. I have it on email.

[Edited on 2/5/06 by DarrenW]

[Edited on 2/5/06 by DarrenW]

Darren

email sent

Mike

Recieved and emailed back.

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Does this help? Courtesy of Gary Miller

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I was going to do something similar.
When I asked BGH Gearboxes they said it was a complete gearbox rebuild to take out the shaft and put in a new. IIRC they shafts are not directly interchangable for some reason.

I would be interesrted in the article as well please ;-}

[Edited on 2/5/06 by Schrodinger]

the long input shaft has an additional bearing.

Easiest way is to get some 1" box, detach the bell housing, make the 1" box into a spacer between the bell housing and the gearbox, reassemble with longer bolts.

job done & you're gear lever is 1" further back and weight distribution is improved / compromised depending on your point of view

Or....

Caterham do a nice alloy spacer to go between bell housing and gearbox.

Much cheaper than having the input shaft changed and looks like a proper job

Cheers

Mark

reason you can't just change the shaft is that it has the input drop gear as part of it!!!!!

The drop-gear ratio is different from one box to the other, so you have to have the layshaft to go with the input shaft, and the v6 layshaft is different to the std type 9 layshaft due to the big bearings on the ends, which then necessitate modifying the casing to fit...................

i.e. much easier to either get a v6 box to start with or use the caterham spacer as suggested!

I've been trying to find a solution all day, but at always comes back to:

a) make/buy a spacer (although I'd always assumed the spacer would go between the g'box/engine, rather than the much simpler g'box/bellhousing)

b) fit the 2l gearbox

Back to eBay then unless I can make one........

[Edited on 2/5/06 by Locost82]

spacer from caterham shouldn't be much money.

If you must diy, then a lump of 1" thick scrap ally plate, a lathe, pillar drill, hacksaw and file should enable you to do it.