Re: Torquflite tolerances

[John Sanders <mopargrandad@xxxxxxxxx>]

Great information. I do have a question though. After indicating the center 
alignment by using an old bellhousing, wouldn't it be different when installing 
the TF? I know that changing bellhousings on a manual car will almost always 
give different readings...............John


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----- Original Message ----
From: MO ( Steve Mick) <micher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tue, February 1, 2011 12:02:47 AM
Subject: Re: Torquflite tolerances


Thanks Butch, interesting. I never thought about needing a dial indicator with 
an auto. tranny. I did with a 4 speed, so it stands ro 
reason.....................MO

{Steve Mick}
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Butch Edison" <waedison@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 10:15 PM
Subject: Torquflite tolerances


> 
> It's been my good fortune to have had Pat Blais (Tflite Patty on Ebay and a
> vendor on our forum) show my wife and I how to take a Torqueflite apart,
> inspect it, repair it, and reassemble it. Actually, she did the whole thing
> under his direction. I just watched and took some notes and pictures. Not
> like I'm at all qualified to do any of that BUT, I did learn a couple of
> things some of you might not know, at least I didn't. If you are interested,
> I'll post some stills and video to a website and send you a link. They were
> things I'd never thought of before, but that make good sense. Me? I just
> always figure you take one transmission out and plunk another one in. Good
> to go.....
> 
> The first thing is checking flex plate deviation with a dial indicator. I
> don't have the spec sheet in front of me, but the aftermarket flex plate in
> my wife's 37 Plymouth hot rod with a 340, was .080", way out of spec. A new
> correct flex plate should cure that. I'll check once we put it on the engine
> and button up the transmission.
> 
> Second thing was crankshaft to Torqueflite alignment. This one really
> interested me. Realizing that these are 50 (+) year old motors and
> transmissions that may have been gone through many times, there is a good
> likelihood that the two components are not aligned, especially if the block
> has been align bored and not done exactly right. I learned how to check that
> using an old bell housing. In our case, good news, the total misalignment
> was .006", within the .008" tolerance allowed. Had it been more, I would
> have gotten some offset engine dowel pins from pat to pull the Torqueflite
> back into spec.
> 
> So the pics I've taken are not all that great, as it's pretty hard to get up
> into the bell housing once you have a dial indicator rigged up, but if you
> are interested, I'll take the time to upload the pics somewhere and try to
> explain what I'm doing if it doesn't look self-evident.
> 
> //Butch/ Ferndale, WA
> 
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