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Type 9 gearbox spacer
CRAIGR - 16/5/21 at 02:32 PM

Wanted type 9 to bellhousing gearbox spacer . Believe they are 16mm .
Any gathering dust anywhere chaps

snapper - 16/5/21 at 03:30 PM

30mm RetroFord do one

big_wasa - 16/5/21 at 04:51 PM

Is the v6 first motion shaft really 30mm longer ?

CRAIGR - 16/5/21 at 07:16 PM

This box already has a 30mm spacer and has had shaft cut to length of standard box . The trouble with that is shaft now only sits 5mm into spigot bearing . I could get the 30mm spacer milled down to 15mm but thought I’d ask first .

[Edited on 16/5/21 by CRAIGR]

pmc_3 - 17/5/21 at 07:55 AM

It might be a silly question Craig but if the shaft has been cut down to the length of a standard type 9, why does it need a spacer at all?

rusty nuts - 17/5/21 at 09:10 AM

quote:
Originally posted by pmc_3
It might be a silly question Craig but if the shaft has been cut down to the length of a standard type 9, why does it need a spacer at all?


At a guess ,using a 4 cylinder bell housing on a v6 box?

snapper - 17/5/21 at 10:53 AM

quote:
Originally posted by big_wasa
Is the v6 first motion shaft really 30mm longer ?


32mm actually

CRAIGR - 17/5/21 at 02:36 PM

Correct Rusty
With a 15mm spacer and the input shaft having been cut down it would be the same as a 4cyl type 9 . With the 30mm spacer the end of the input shaft will only sit in spigot about 4-5 mm including chamfer on shaft .

quote:
Originally posted by rusty nuts
quote:
Originally posted by pmc_3
It might be a silly question Craig but if the shaft has been cut down to the length of a standard type 9, why does it need a spacer at all?


At a guess ,using a 4 cylinder bell housing on a v6 box?