Yes Paul I agree on all those numbers and I am seriously looking at
the hollow shaft but there are some drawbacks as the OD of the
bearings are going to be 5 inch with a 4 inch shaft and I think that
any saving on shaft weight will be offset buy the size and weight of
the bearings and housing that it takes to carry them, also the seal
is going to be huge and my experience with large seals is that they
tend to be leaking bastards and tend to wear out faster do to the
high surface speeds.
  If I go for the hollow shaft I think I would bolt the planet on as
you say but if I go for the solid shaft I think I would use the
spline, I don't like the extra slop as you mentioned but I am not to
worried about it braking or wearing out as that aluminum planet seems
to hold up against the 460 Ford just fine which amazes me and the
steel should be better, besides we are running with that spline on
the damper without any problems which is amazing without any lube on
it.

  Thanks George for the info on Slauson, I need the 3.17 set right now
but for that price I may pick up on a 2.85 set to mess with in the
future.

    Ken

Ken.
Like I said, the 2.17 was rather expensive, would you let me know what price
you pay, so that I may compare to what I paid previously.

As can be seen prices vary significantly from normal price to specials.

BTW once you purchase from Slausons they send periodic specials via the
Internet.

Paul, Slausons were happy to oblige with that Customs paperwork-Thanks !!
TIA
George (down under)

 
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