And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Spring loaded splined coupler maybe as machining interior splines that long would be very expensive. John Deere sells compact tractors(1025R etc) where the belly mount mower deck is drive on/drive off. The PTO shaft splines are pointed so when pressed together they rotate into alignment. Al_in_Ottawa
Having seen this picture before and looked it up, as I recall the DAF used a slip yoke 4 to 5 feet long to couple the driveshaft to the rear axle. wes wtdb
Al, the depth and breadth of your knowledge on aircraft, automobiles, and a host of other machines astounds me. Plus, you have the ability to explain in a concise, succint manner. I am glad you're here and welcome you sharing your knowledge.
I know only one man with such broad knowledge and easy going attitude. He has been maintaining and restoring aircraft for nigh sixty-five years.
I also designed for serviceability. Started out fixing things, then got into design.
Not all design engineers are uncaring assholes when it comes to that sort of thing. Usually our best work get fucked with by the bean Counters and the Process and Production Engineers before it sees the light of day.
When I was a wee lad growing up in a small country in Latin Am, all the public transport buses were British Leyland. The very early ones likely pre-war, had the engine up front and on the left side, while the driver sat in a half cabin on the right side. Those had easily accessible engines and might have had the rail style engine mounts shown in the photo. Later, post war and early 50's Leyland shifted to under floor amidships flat 8 diesel engines. The mechanic that lived across the street from us built his house with a special basement and his garage could fit the entire bus straight in from the street. The center line of the garage floor had removable boards about 4' long, take them out and you could reach every part of the engine from below. His basement was a complete machine shop with tools. He owned 3 buses and repaired them himself, leasing the units to the public transport union. Quite a smart entrepreneur, made money on the lease and on the maintenance/repairs. A very tough and strong little guy that stood about 5'3" on a good day. I had to hunch over to not hit my head on the basement ceiling being over 6' tall as a lad.
I used like the old F100 or Ranger full-sized. Distributor in front and starter selanoid was on the fender. Still enough room to sit on the top of the fender with feet in the engine bat and work on things
accordion drive shaft?
ReplyDeleteSpring loaded splined coupler maybe as machining interior splines that long would be very expensive. John Deere sells compact tractors(1025R etc) where the belly mount mower deck is drive on/drive off. The PTO shaft splines are pointed so when pressed together they rotate into alignment.
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Having seen this picture before and looked it up, as I recall the DAF used a slip yoke 4 to 5 feet long to couple the driveshaft to the rear axle.
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wtdb
Al, the depth and breadth of your knowledge on aircraft, automobiles, and a host of other machines astounds me. Plus, you have the ability to explain in a concise, succint manner.
DeleteI am glad you're here and welcome you sharing your knowledge.
I know only one man with such broad knowledge and easy going attitude. He has been maintaining and restoring aircraft for nigh sixty-five years.
I'm insulted ... I ALWAYS designed products for tool access.
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I also designed for serviceability. Started out fixing things, then got into design.
DeleteNot all design engineers are uncaring assholes when it comes to that sort of thing.
Usually our best work get fucked with by the bean Counters and the Process and Production Engineers before it sees the light of day.
yep, rebuild a Jeep YJ -they have EVERY kind of fastener in them.
Deleteallens, torx, reverse torx, metric, standard, philips etc -its a nightmare.
everything is easy to get to ... but a pain in the toolbox
When I was a wee lad growing up in a small country in Latin Am, all the public transport buses were British Leyland. The very early ones likely pre-war, had the engine up front and on the left side, while the driver sat in a half cabin on the right side. Those had easily accessible engines and might have had the rail style engine mounts shown in the photo. Later, post war and early 50's Leyland shifted to under floor amidships flat 8 diesel engines. The mechanic that lived across the street from us built his house with a special basement and his garage could fit the entire bus straight in from the street. The center line of the garage floor had removable boards about 4' long, take them out and you could reach every part of the engine from below. His basement was a complete machine shop with tools. He owned 3 buses and repaired them himself, leasing the units to the public transport union. Quite a smart entrepreneur, made money on the lease and on the maintenance/repairs. A very tough and strong little guy that stood about 5'3" on a good day. I had to hunch over to not hit my head on the basement ceiling being over 6' tall as a lad.
ReplyDeleteI used like the old F100 or Ranger full-sized. Distributor in front and starter selanoid was on the fender. Still enough room to sit on the top of the fender with feet in the engine bat and work on things
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