Posted by Chris Case [173.245.48.148] on Saturday, September 17, 2016 at 15:00:35 :
In Reply to: 70's posted by Dana [162.158.69.93] on Saturday, September 17, 2016 at 13:05:17 :
And production cost is lots lower for that stronger product- Fine splines are swaged into the shaft and coupling/gear. One press operation, and wah-la, splines all the way around are done. Vs a milling machine making each slot individually- ten splines, ten operations.
Progress in engineering.
But the pic above is a workmanship problem- no lock washers, no locktight, and/or not enough torque.
OT, I had a Pinto come in once with a locked up motor. I sold him a rebuild, and as I disassembled it, found that a bolt inside the bell housing to the tranny had backed out, until it locked the torque converter. And bent. Just like the Dana 70.
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