SVO Input Shaft

[luvtolean]

Hey guys, I drove up to a friend's shop to do a freshening of the T5 and the input shaft is junk. I am now stranded.

None of his suppliers can get it, do you guys know where I might find the 22T input shaft for this car? Have a used, good condition one laying around?

Thanks!

[luvtolean]

Thanks Mike, yeah, it's the stock WC with the 3.50 1st.

The pilot is junk, I actually thought it was the input shaft bearing so we had the kit already, but it's just that surface. (unfortunately)

The option(s) now is basically find one (prayer shot), turn this one and sleeve it, or go with a high dollar A-M gearset.

[Horsewidower]

If I remember right, there was someone with a like problem either here or Turboford that got it fixed at a shop here in Sacramento. Can't remember which shop though.

[tateg]

Thanks Mike, yeah, it's the stock WC with the 3.50 1st.

The pilot is junk, I actually thought it was the input shaft bearing so we had the kit already, but it's just that surface. (unfortunately)

The option(s) now is basically find one (prayer shot), turn this one and sleeve it, or go with a high dollar A-M gearset.

Did you try calling Hanlon? I'd be very surprised if they can't square you away with something.

[luvtolean]

I tried D&D and G-Force. Both told me what my friend's suppliers told him, obsoleted a couple years back. D&D wanted to sell me a new gear set and matching input for about $400 before shipping.

I borrowed a shop car and drove home. We shipped it out to one of his vendors in Oregon to have the pilot machined down and sleeved. Hopefully I'll be able to go get it next week.

[Pat_in_L.A.]

Some cam grinders who do vintage car work use a metal spray system to add powdered nickel in molten form to the lobes or bearing surface, which is then ground back down to the original ID. You end up with a new hardface surface.

Hydraulic cylinder rebuilders can chrome added surface on to worn cylinders and grind them back to spec.

[luvtolean]

I thought about that. I've read about mixed results in hot rod engines, but it should work fine for an input shaft.

The guys we sent it to do this all the time, so it should be good to go, and it's relatively cheap.

[Pat_in_L.A.]

I've read about mixed results in hot rod engines, but it should work fine for an input shaft.

Every cam in every car running the 400 at Daytona this weekend has had the hardface treatment and regrind done. The cam lobes see a lot more force than the pilot bearing end of the input shaft. You should be fine. Hey, did the package arrive?

[luvtolean]

Hey, did the package arrive?

Yep, I won't make it to the post today, but I'll get them out on Monday.