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449 hits | 97.32 KB | Posted: 4/19/05
D44 vs D50 slip shaft. The casting on the D50 is over a quarter inch thicker.

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458 hits | 101.73 KB | Posted: 4/19/05
D44 slip shaft boot vs D50, the D44 one is longer.

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506 hits | 53.55 KB | Posted: 4/19/05
D50 slip shaft knuckle to TTB interference

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488 hits | 83.22 KB | Posted: 4/19/05
Offending parts of TTB removed, interference solved.

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458 hits | 106 KB | Posted: 4/19/05
Sawing out part of your TTB may have an adverse effect on your sawzall blades longveity.

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413 hits | 89.74 KB | Posted: 4/19/05
Results of dropping D50 slip shaft onto concrete shop floor. Much to my relief the badly mangled pa...

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417 hits | 88.74 KB | Posted: 4/19/05
Here is the bad part. Notice how at about the 2 o'clock position it's not quite round anymore.

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446 hits | 73.91 KB | Posted: 4/20/05
After much deliberation I decided to try to beat it out. The biggest socket that would fit into the...

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416 hits | 93.94 KB | Posted: 4/20/05
Put the shaft in the vise, drop the spring in the hole, put the socket on top of it and mechanically...

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432 hits | 77.87 KB | Posted: 4/20/05
Success! After a few taps it was round enough again to accept the axle shaft. Nice. And cheap.