Te diesel torque tube mods

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Te diesel torque tube mods

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Hey guys, had a search, looking for Workshops who CURRENTLY still fit and weld a bar over the inner shaft of the torque tube in Sydney - and any prices if available


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i would think just about any engineering shop should be able to do it ?
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Anyone that can weld can do it ,, just fit the bar and weld ,, just keep in mind , to fit in a late model housing the shaft can't be thicker than the gearbox thinner side , but for a early model steel housing it can be as thick as the diff thicker side ,,
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When's the crossover from steel to alloy?
I've a te diesel , I am under the impression it's a little different, and if its that simple ill weld it myself, where's everyone get the chrom moly tube from ?
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And also any guide to thickness would be a point in the right direction
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Is your housing round ?
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Nope not the early steel one. As Ant said, if you want to keep that housing, you can only go as thick as the gearbox end. Or source a steel one. I got mine from Elky. PM me your number and I'll send a pic of the steel one when I get home.
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how hard is it to adapt a steel one to the current setup? Or machine out the alloy housing at the gearbox side for a bigger shaft, or even mount a bearing midway down the shaft for support
How much is elky's and is that including a thicker shaft
The car is receiving a vg30et with a big turbo, c4 trans and a transbrake, I just don't want it to go bang
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No modifying at all to for an early steel housing , bolts up the same ,, the problem with the late model housing which you have , is it narrows in the centre , it would be difficult to machine that out , I just bough a spare steel torque tube from here on ozgem , it was $40 + postage

, I think you might be a bit confused, the early model torque tube housings don't have a thicker shaft in them already , they just allow a thicker shaft to be fabricated & fitted
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Doesn't the diesel have a JDM diff with shorter length torque tube and that big crossmember mount bolted up near each trailing link mount?
Which would mean a steel torque tube would be the wrong length.
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