<VV> Input Shaft question (humor?) and advice

[Louis C. Armer, Jr.]

Hey, It's Nanook of NC aka HankiePoo aka Officer Donut and he
says he has a rustsy cruddy shaft the he's worried about using !!!
De rust it, check all the splines for end wear and or chips, gouges
chunks that may be missing and then polish it up with your flower
(crocus) cloth or steel wool. Lubricate it and shove it in !!! <GGG>

Dr. Enuendo FrontMan
Corvair Proctologist

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at 01:03 PM 2/1/04 -0500, you wrote:
>Folks
>I hate to inject a real Corvair question into the fray, but I feel I must.
>
>I need some opinions on the Manual Trans Input shaft for the EUM (65
>Transaxle)
>
>I was supplied with a Deckrug Enterprises "Ultra" series Input shaft, and it
>is the correct one.

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>It has the correct number of splines, but has some crusty surface rust
>throughout the length of the input shaft.  I plan on taking it to work for
>about a half hour on the wire wheel on the bench grinder. I am sure this will
>take care of the surface rust. I also have some Crocus cloth to use on it if
>opinions take me there.  But the question remains,  Will I have problems using
>a "Really Used" used input shaft???  I have never heard too much about them in
>this forum or elsewhere.
>
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>Opinions anyone??
>
>Hank
>
>Now going outside (20 degrees) to lie in the frozen mud/slush/ice and try to
>install a Torque Arm, tire, and remove the EUM from the jackstands.  Matt,
>Chuck, et.al   BITE ME!!!
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