morning mcmaster.com..thanks,,i have a caged needle bearing,, J-2316..,,which i plan to use, 2 inch bore, which is a few thousandths larger than std, shaft.

the od, is 2-3/8s. width 1 inch. l was going to use it but od was too big,

but since i can take out packards casting,,,and make my own,, will use it..

might get new shaft...

thanks,,

rik

ps....if i knew of this site,,before i got into this, it would of made things easier...

thanks...

hi, down under,,thanks, but going all the way with needles,,

we will see what happens...

rik

Green bay, the bronze, forgot about that,,that does wear well,and now they have aluminumized bronze, which as long as oiled will last just about for ever.. i made a set of cam bearings out of it for my dads packard 12.

they use it for roller coaster bearings.

rik

deerborn,,,i know who this is,,,how are you doing...i found this site the other day,,and wow! what people have done...good info...

rik henneberg

green bay...thank you, that is great advice. i will look into it,

cause i am pretty sure i am going to make my own casting, to hold bearing.

packard went aluminum to lighten things up.,, my casting will be out of hot roll,, and hardened..

thanks again for your in put, i have torringtons bearing book and i will show to the shop,, they have their hardness specs. in there..

rik

green bay,,as far as heat,,i don't think so, that tail shaft is full of oil,

the only thing i am not sure of is that i had to grind the shaft down a few thousands. i am more worried of spliting the shaft. but i think it will be ok,,, ia am not going to race it. do burn outs etc...

what i might do is machine a new casting that holds the bushing. Since its comes out, then i can keep the org. size of shaft.

and get a larger needle bearing. machined to fit.

rik

Thanks,,i will look into that,,

rik

Hi,,all,,

with my 400, i am going to leave the strips off, or remove the stripes.. they do hold rust... so the 400 would have the look of a caribbean and an exe.

but i also thought of making a tool with wheels for each channel. for on the car use the moldings to keep it straight while rolling it.

rik

My thought is the other way, the needle would give more pressiure.,, the big problem with the ultramatic is when the bushings wear you lose oil pressure.

The only bushing with an oil hole are the bell housing and rear pump.

For the bell housing, i think the needle bearing, will reduce or stop the oil leak from the front seal.

Yes this is R&D project..but if i can get it to work, the transmission will last alot longer.

as the saying goes,,ANOTHER PACKARD FIRST,,,,

rik

Hi,,there was a shop in ca. that did it in the 60s, but i don't know just what bushings they replaced.

The hardening, i had it chrome hardened.,

rik