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egge
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 31, 2002 12:48 am    Post subject: tailshaft? Reply with quote

how would u know if ur tailshaft is fine or course spline?
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TXcoupe
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 31, 2002 2:18 am    Post subject: Re: tailshaft? Reply with quote

look at the bit that sticks in the back of the gearbox. if it is fine there is lots of splines or if its coarse not so many spline
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alan
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 31, 2002 3:13 pm    Post subject: Re: tailshaft? Reply with quote

How would he know unless he had both to compare?

From memory the fine spline has approx 28 splines. The coarse one is a lot less (less than 20 anyway)
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egge
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 31, 2002 6:44 pm    Post subject: Re: tailshaft? Reply with quote

my 1 is a coarse then coz it has 10 splines
and gearbox has 2 should i take the bearing off the manual or could maybe the teeth be wrecked on either part what if i get another tailshaft and that doesnt fit?
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zzz
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 31, 2002 7:22 pm    Post subject: Re: tailshaft? Reply with quote

try a fine spline cos when i put my tg motor in
my te i had to change the tailshaft to the tg fine spline
cheers nik
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TXcoupe
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 31, 2002 8:14 pm    Post subject: Re: tailshaft? Reply with quote

its piss easy

if he has a tailshaft with big mo fo chunky splines then that is coarse and if he is looking at the output spline on the gearbox has he nothing to compare it to?
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egge
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 31, 2002 10:30 pm    Post subject: Re: tailshaft? Reply with quote

are all model tailshafts the same lets say a TG tailshaft and TE becoz the tailshaft i have has the rite splines to go in the gearbox without the tailshaft i cant drive the car
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 31, 2002 10:55 pm    Post subject: Re: tailshaft? Reply with quote

no

you sure that the spline on the gearbox is the same and Why arent u using ur gearbox?
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egge
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 01, 2002 12:10 am    Post subject: Re: tailshaft? Reply with quote

boss wat do u mean why arent i using the gearbox im sure the splines are the same coz ive counted both help me bro
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 01, 2002 9:12 pm    Post subject: Re: tailshaft? Reply with quote

i mean why arent u using the gearbox that came from ur car?
are u using a complete motor and gearbox assembly from a TG?
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egge
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 02, 2002 2:39 am    Post subject: Re: tailshaft? Reply with quote

yes i had a auto in mine the engine was blown i cahged the whole thing over new engine the manul that was on it and the tailshaft the guy gave me
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