Should it have had a 2 piece shaft? Hasn't since I've owned it. It's a short wheel base. The new shaft is one piece. It will be on its way back to me tomorrow.



Edit 02/24/2011

In my case, the 3speed slip yoke is the same spline size as the T5. If, for whatever reason, your yoke does not match, the driviline shop who shorten the shaft can provide one that will fit.


Lawrenceville, GA

No my goof, I thought you had LWB like me. You're going to love this setup....

My name is Greg and I am addicted to Y's.

I saw on the UPS tracking that it will be 5lbs lighter! Not that I would be able to tell the difference. I think they cut about 10" off - the transmission is about 10" longer. They said that the old shaft, at about 68" long, had a maximum safe RPM of about 4500. This one should be well into the mid 6k's. That will be good because 4500rpm is right at about 90mph in 3rd - or now 4th.


Lawrenceville, GA

Yeah, the length adds quite a bit of weight. I had a really nice one piece 4 inch aluminum shaft made because of that reason. Are you going to eventually make a crossmember for the tranny? They say it's not necessary, but I would venture in high performance applications some kind of floating member would be beneficial.

My name is Greg and I am addicted to Y's.

looks nice, charlie. you're doing a good job.

       A  L  A  N   F  R  A  K  E  S   ~  Tulsa, OK    

Here are a few pics of the crossmember.

 

It's not the most elegant.  I have to do a little bit of grinding to get it to fit a little easier between the brackets.  I can't offer much tech on the crossmember because, frankly, I don't know what I'm doing.  This is my first crossmember so it is a learning experience.  I am glad to say that my welds are getting better!  Still not really nice to look at, though.

One other thing I did before torquing the rear motor mounts is centered the transmission between the frame rails.  There is some casting flash that runs down the center of the transmission.  I used that flash, at the output shaft to get it all centered.

Lawrenceville, GA

Charlie,

         make sure and save the patterns/templates that you made up. I think there would defiently be a "market" for those down the road for other people doing the same thing. I for one would be interested once I get a little more $$$ saved up. That is an excellent job your doing on it, very very professional work.

                                                                                 Michael

Michael

Sandy Valley, NV

Great post Charlie!  Really interested in the bench seat picture and how the shifter fits.  I've been considering a T5 but have reversations about the shifter location.  Thanks

Warsaw, IN

This weekend I completed the Crossmember install.

And started work on the shifter boot.  I got a Lokar unit that should look quite nice once installed.

A friend helped with this one.  I had him mark the holes, trying to keep the pattern square with the bead in the floor pan.  Note that there is not enough room for the front two holes.  With this particular shift boot, it cannot be avoided.  The hole in the floor is barely large enough to get the shifter bolted to the transmission.

To overcome this I had him make an adapter of sorts out of 16 gauge steel.  This will be held to the floor with all but the front 2 bolts.  This will allow me to completely fasten the bezel to the floor.  I'll make a rubber gasket to seal this to the floor.

I decided to cut out the circle rather than making it exactly like the bezel for two reasons.  It should add a significant amount of rigidity to the front and hopefully make a good seal with the gasket.  It will also keep more road crud out.

It's starting to look Good!  I should have the shift boot completed this week.

Here are a few pics with the bench seat in place.

It will require a shifter with an immediate bend forward.  It is not as far back as I had expected.  I think I'll need something that bends a little toward the driverside.

I try to CAD model anything I can get the appropriate measurements for.  So if anyone needs patterns I may be able to help.  Many of these are one off sorts of things that may not apply to every truck.

Lawrenceville, GA

Looks great, can't wait til I do mine!

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