Yeah Ive got about 4 or 5 broken "pump spiders" ive accumulated over the years to one day do just that have one made, I have 2 good ones now on the trannys I have and 2 spares....but theyre like hens teeth obviously.
What crossed my mind was eliminate the whole spider issue with an external pump.....me an hydraulics are kinda like scooby doo and proper english, but ? Well....Ive heard of people running external pump drives, or my mind wandered as usual and I thought of the EARLY 727's with dual pumps 1 front 1 rear. Didnt know if they could be converted to run rear only hence the spider became a non issue.
Just a thought....to eliminate like you said one of the main weak points....I never even got to the point of thinking of how to keep em from coming unglued, just keep em going...lol....but I could see with some of the newer shafts it might be possible.
On an early 727 with the dual pumps is that feasible to run the rear only ? Youre probably familiar with them.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Alan Roehrich
Again, what breaks is the drum, and the input shaft. You might get Strange or Mark Williams to make you some shafts, if you give them a good one to work from. The drums are just stock drums. The hard part to replace would be the "butterfly" pump drive. You'd have to have a mold made, or get one digitized and CNC it from a billet.
I have a complete Clutch Turbo set up but it is damaged. The adapter has had some threads pulled out, and the input shaft is bent and twisted. I can fix the adapter, but I'd have to buy a shaft. If I ever fool with it, I'll have a drum and shaft made the way I stated in the previous post.
|