Posted by Ken Dunnington on Friday, September 03, 2004 at 5:25PM :
In Reply to: np435 np540 input shaft posted by Ephraim on Thursday, September 02, 2004 at 11:45AM :
If the only thing that is wrong is that the input shaft is too long I stand by the method that I used for that exact problem. No supposing, no wondering here, I did it.
If you have a problem with the pilot bearing and this was not the cause of the long input shaft, you can have whatever profile you want put on the end of the input shaft when it is shortened. So find a pilot bearing that fits the crank, then have the machinist make the input shaft fit the bearing when it is shortened.
Again, I had this done for a whopping $70, IIRC. No adapters, no other special parts, just the custom input shaft for $70. Which is easily replicated at a later date if necessary.
But, you do need to be sure of what's wrong before you try to make it right.
Ken