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scannon Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 I would just take the old, complete driveshaft into a driveline shop and tell them how much to shorten it and what weld yoke you need to connect to the Quaiffe. Then have them balance the result. I'm curious, how does the reversing gearbox connect to the differential? When I had the driveshaft made for my Miata powered Se7en, we used the rear weld yoke & flange from the Caterham shaft, a front yoke from an RX-7 and a weld yoke we found in the shop's scrap pile, all of this welded to a new high strength steel tube. Fabrication and balancing was about $90. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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R1 Seven Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 Don't most folks that use the reversing box put them in the middle? Right were the center UJ is located now? Seems like it would be easier to do it that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHKflyer52 Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 Don't most folks that use the reversing box put them in the middle? Right were the center UJ is located now? Seems like it would be easier to do it that way. I was also under that asumption as you need to have it fixed to the frame to take the tourque. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TurboBird Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 I am new here but have had my Blackbird turbo BEC for almost 8 years. I have a Quaife reverse box mounted to the frame with a short drive shaft from the motor and a slightly longer shaft going back to the diff. The Quaife has leaked from the get go, and when asked they said it was ok to run with less oil! I have about 18k miles on the car and the reverse box has survived thus far. Don't care for the amount of lash it has (almost 1/4" between front and back flange) but Quaife said that was normal too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew7 Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Welcome TurboBird, The one requirement from all English products is that they leak oil. I'm glad your box stayed together as I've heard they had some problems with them. It could be the owner/operator that's mostly responsible. O.T. Did you bring in a Cat and build a Blackbird yourself or self-build from scratch? What's your story, there are only a handful of street legal BECs in the U.S., the club is small and not many names to remember.:bigears: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurboBird Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Thanks for the welcome. I have owned a couple of English cars in the past and my friends have too. One of our observations is - "Only in England, where the containment of fluids is an inexact science". Don't even get me started on the "Prince of Darkness". Running a little short on time so I will relay the Turbobird story later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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slngsht Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Christmas came today! ... Yipee! Now all I gotta do is install this baby. http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/1840588427_Christmas Came Today!.jpg Hmmm ??? I guess between this and the watch, your Christmas is running a little behind. I wonder what you'll get from UPS for Christmas in July BTW, nice screenshot of the forum on your computer... True sign of the addiction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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