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Old 03-16-2009, 07:20 PM
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Originally Posted by mikeforte View Post
Hi,
Install 4 flat washers about .125" thick between the bellhousing and the main case and see if that spacer fixes the binding of your TKO.
Okay, we just had a buddy roll in with better grade measuring equipment and the seated long shaft out to the face of the BB is 6 7/16" and the distance from the face of the TKO out to the short shaft tip is 6 9/16", so we in fact have 1/8" too much shaft. The washer/spacer idea is quick I suppose, but would we not be better off just to pull the input and have it milled down?

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