Narrowing 8 3/4 details

sdahmer said

Thanks for the replies everyone! I wouldn't have considered narrowing the housing without a jig if it weren't for the musclecar episode. I think I might just buy the pucks on ebay, found a guy selling them for around $100, then you just buy the rod localy. I think it'd be cheaper than sending it off to someone.

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I agree that not all shafts are straight. A buddy pointed out a website that sells turned, ground and polished rod really reasonable. They claim a tolerance of no more than .001" runout so it should work great. I saw those pucks on E-bay also and was going to buy them but a buddy of mine that runs a scrap yard had someone bring in some that are really close to the right size and he has a lathe so I'm going to turn them down to the correct diameter and order a shaft from speedy metals. Here's a link to their page with a 1-1/4 rod. They have all sizes so if that's not what you need look around and you should be able to find it. Just make sure you stay with turned, ground and polished.

http://www.speedymetals.com/pc-1625-8232-1-14-rd-1045-turned-ground-polished-000-001.aspx