Just saw the lower price on your kits. To me that is damn fair and reasonable. I am lucky to have access to any tool and pals that are more talented than myself, plus I just HAD to try it my own! But, for most guys $250 is minor change and well worth it for a PROVEN engineered kit.
Jeff, rest assured there will be more tech. Been MONTHS since I could post pics Was talking with Nosurf yesterday and we came upon a revelation. While I kinda hate naming cars (which seems to be in vogue right now) this one just fell into its name.....................The StrawshopSedan
So, you don't need a bearing in the shortened tube?? Also make sure your radius rods are stout enough for when you do that 7 grand hole shot; that baby will be a twistin'!! Thanks for the info!! gaspumpchas 2 cool shorts standin' side by side.......
The bones are getting a Torque arm like I did on the T. Plus, the bones I am running are unsplit. My thoughts are that helps em live longer as well. Just a theory. Car will sit higher like the Doane Spencer 32 And no, no bearing needed tho I could add one easy enough. Open one up and look at the size of the bearing! Ford got us covered pretty well.
Yeah but you know what? "Specials" were purpose built racecars. Anytime I see that tag on a street only car I cringe. I really do not like any name at all, but the car has spoken.
Thanks its help. Now I can help my son. He take my old 46 banjo to his A ford It's good when he use my old parts. Anders
Like I said in your thread.....lots of others have done this as well! Use the search function and type in "open drive". Smokey is an old HAMBer that has a good one. As are others.
Just did this conversion and wanted to share some info on the yoke. I used one from a Dana 35 rear end. I think it's the same one Tman used (same seal). Spicer p/n 2-4-4601-1, Crown 83503318, Powertrain Industries 3104-02. Used on Wranglers and Cherokees from the mid 80s to mid 90s.
Might be interested in doing a open drive conversion on a Model A banjo. I admit not being very familiar with banjo rearends but understand the conversion is somewhat different. Anyone have any info or guidance? Thanks Lynn
The model A has a one piece drive shaft I think. You will have to cut the shaft off and come up with some way to attach the yoke.
Somebody was asking me about this the other day. Dug up the thread and kinda sad to see that many folks that replied on here have been gone for so long it shows no activity on their profiles. Oh well.
I recently completed the conversion following your guidance. Thank you for the information and for the write up, it was pretty easy to follow along. I used a yoke from a Dana 35 differential and the lip seal that matches the yoke. I had the splines machine out of the yoke so that the original 6 spline coupler would fit. I borrowed a friends lathe and machined the DOM tubing to fit the lip seal. In my case, the DOM tubing was a loose fit in the cut off part of the torque tube. So, to center it I bolted the torque tube to the banjo, put the lip seal (not all the way seated) in the piece of DOM, then inserted the yoke through the seal and onto the splines figuring that the lip seal would hold the DOM centered in the torque tube. I rotated everything a few times to make sure then tack welded the DOM to the torque tube. I pulled it all apart and welded it on the bench. I added a couple of 1/2" pipe plugs on either side of the torque tube so that I could access the pin. All in all it wasn't that hard of a conversion. Thanks again for the inspiration my build thread; https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/straight-8-rpu-build-thread.1083302/ Bobby
Noticed in the article on the Speedway Motors open drive kit they put a vent in the axle to stop a pressure build up. Should have read the thread right through, see that the vent has already been mentioned.
I've had this thread saved for a long time. Getting ready to do this myself. Thanks for all the great info!
Oops, I guess I'm not completely done. I haven't installed a vent in the axle tube yet. I don't know why I can't ever completely finish anything....ugh LOL
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