Yes, pretty costy... more or mess same as they quoted me at North West Propshaft...

Now I'm checking with Bob's Ford Transit flange, but I need to check the gearbox shaft diameter and the number of splines. For that, I need to remove the 3 bolt-flange from my MT75, and it has an odd nut, 12 edges, star shape (see picture), and I don't have a tool for that :(

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obviously needs a job specific tool to undo that like an offset ring spanner style crows foot .....I would take it off with a semi blunt cold chisel ....yes it might bugger the nut, but it is the only way I can think of.:(

use a 12 sided socket not a std hex type or off set ring spanner

The adaptor I used locates on the spigot and is bolted directly onto the existing 3 bolt flange. Therefore no need to remove it unless you are renewing the output shaft seal.

John W

Do you mean that if I remove the existing flange to replace it by the Ford Transit round 4-bolt flange, it can not be done without destroying the output shaft seal and I'll have to change it too?

Finally I could remove this bloody flange!

I bought an offset 30mm ring spanner as Baz and Kev advised. Thank you guys. But it was not deep enough, so I had to grind around the ring to make it fit. Took me ages :mad:

Then of course the nut was jammed because of the rust, and I used a lot of WD40. I made a set-up with a steel bar, clamp locking pliers to hold the spanner on the nut, not to tight, but enough, and hammered the spanner. after quite a lot of time, I finally could undo the nut :)

Pictures here if you want.


Otherwise, this more for Bob/ Bob, here are the dimensions of the splined part:

26 teeth
small diameter : 26.7mm
big diameter : 28.6mm

Diameter of the part in the gearbox : 40mm
Length on this part : 28mm

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(Hight definition picture on my blog, at the very end of the same post)

Can you check if your ford Transit flange has the same dimensions please, and let me know with the end of the week-end?

Thank you very much.

There's a ford special tool for that.

TT

bloody hell Syl.....what a palaver!!! (english for waffling conversation) I admire your dogged determination at not letting it beat you.... nice one bud.;) ;)

You are in luck , the transit flange is the same. Email your address and I will get it to you.

Bob

Excellent new's Bob, thank you so much :)

I sent you an email with my post address, and you can reply by giving me the price you want and the shipment cost to Sweden.

I also just wanted to make sure that the round flange will fit the propshaft. The propshaft will come with the same flange that fits on the Sierra differential axle.

Size/register/PCD (holes are not equidistant) of the differential axle are as on the sketch below, so the flange should be the same.

Could you please confirm?

Thank you so much.

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