[AT] Ford 3000 SOS input TLC and shaft

Don Bowen don.bowen at earthlink.net
Thu Aug 2 04:51:11 PDT 2012


On 8/1/2012 8:26 PM, charlie hill wrote:
> Don,  why not turn down the input shaft and thread it for a grade 8 nut that
> fits a 7/8 socket.  Screw one or maybe two onto the shaft, bevel the joint
> between the nut and the shaft shoulder
> out and weld the nut(s) in place.  That should be a lot faster, easier and
> more accurate than setting the shaft up in a mill and having to make 6
> different set ups to machine it.

That would be a good idea if I had a handy machine shop.  I am looking 
around for a machine shop to ask about it.  So far two in the phone book 
have gone out of business and a third seems to have moved.  I do have a 
line on a guy that I will be meeting Friday.

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Don Bowen           KI6DIU
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