Hot Rods I found a strange banjo part

I like to think I'm fairly good at fiddling with Banjos but this part throws me. What have I got? Ron

 

one part used to convert the banjo rear to open drive , you also need a yoke

 

I'm believing that is the part I need to put open drive on my banjo rear axle that is out in the shed.

^^^^^^ He was faster at typing.

 

It appears to me to be an OEM part. Quite heavy, well machined. Could find no number though. Ron

 

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I'd be more impressed if you were banjoing with fiddle parts.

 

42-47 Ford truck axle front seal housing. Open drive shaft.
http://www.vanpeltsales.com/FH_web/...ics/Flathead_Rear_Axle_Assy_1942to47truck.jpg

 

Doc Watson said his dad made a banjo for him after their old cat died, and he said the skin made for a really nice sounding banjo. How could you tell?

 

The item you refer to is a stamped steel piece. This one is cast. Ron

 

That looks like what Ed Roth used for his open drivelines on the Mysterion.

 

It appears I have found an unidentifiable Ford BANJO part. The Ford Green Bible shows nothing like it. Ron

 

Now all you gotta do is find the yoke that fits it! I didn't think much about it until I started to look for a replacement for mine because of severe pitting on the sealing surface. I'm about at the point of machining and sleeving it.

 

Definitely a factory open-driveline adaptor but not like the ones I have seen that came with the trucks. They had a stamped steel conical adaptor as below.

 

Played the banjo all my life...never seen one of those.

Phil

 

I pulled one just like it off a banjo rear recently. It was used to convert the rear to open drive. What it originally came off of I don't know

 

Well, better to find a strange banjo part, than a strange banjo player !!


Drop’em’pantsboy..... sooooooeeeeeee!!!

 

I’ve seen a few torq tubes cut and repurposed the same way , but have never seen a cast one, might be possible a opendrive kit predates the hotrod works one that is offered today

 

Looks like I found one of Ed Roth's spare parts. Ron