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Unusual Drive Shaft Universal Joint Housing
How often do you see a brass one of these?
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Probably made of Bronze (copper and tin) which is much harder and stronger than brass (copper and zinc), although different metals can be used in bronze such as aluminium and manganese and even a bit of zinc too. Brass is used in lamps and fittings in the T and is quite soft and malleable.
(Bronze castings are used in some Ruckstell gears and in TT crown wheels too).
Even so, it would seem uncommon to find a bronze one of these, although I have 2 bronze universal joints in my parts bin too. Would these be very early ones?
(Bronze castings are used in some Ruckstell gears and in TT crown wheels too).
Even so, it would seem uncommon to find a bronze one of these, although I have 2 bronze universal joints in my parts bin too. Would these be very early ones?
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I'm not ready to believe it's bronze. Throw a magnet on it.
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I have one, definitely bronze or brass
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well, I'm not to old to learn something new. Thanks.
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It's probably bronze, but you can't tell with a magnet, since bronze and brass are both non-magnetic. The bronze universal joints has me intrigued, though. Somebody at Ford was tinkering around.
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Check those universal joints that are bronze next to a Model T one. If they are not the same as the T one they could be NRS Ford ones. I think the NRS ones are a little bigger maybe. I would be interested in them if they are.
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Did you try a magnet? Post reply.
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I've seen one or two of those. Pretty neat. I wonder if Ford ever made a two piece one?
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Curiously, aluminum bronze is magnetic. How about that ?
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This is not magnetic at all. When it came to me it was painted and covered in grime just like normal, but there was a scratch that looked unusually shiney, so I stuck a magnet on it and it didn't stick.
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Re: Unusual Drive Shaft Universal Joint Housing
A Whiteman wrote: ↑Wed Jul 01, 2020 6:24 pmProbably made of Bronze (copper and tin) which is much harder and stronger than brass (copper and zinc), although different metals can be used in bronze such as aluminium and manganese and even a bit of zinc too. Brass is used in lamps and fittings in the T and is quite soft and malleable.
(Bronze castings are used in some Ruckstell gears and in TT crown wheels too).
Even so, it would seem uncommon to find a bronze one of these, although I have 2 bronze universal joints in my parts bin too. Would these be very early ones?
I don't know about very early T's, but the NRS cars had bronze U-Joints.
As to the subject bronze torque tube ball, I have never seen such a thing!
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Re: Unusual Drive Shaft Universal Joint Housing
Jeff,
I assume it has the Ford logo cast on it?
I assume it has the Ford logo cast on it?
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Jeff, does it have a separate babbit bush for the driveshaft or does the shaft run directly in the bronze housing?
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So could the ball joint be an N/R/S fitting too?I don't know about very early T's, but the NRS cars had bronze U-Joints.
As to the subject bronze torque tube ball, I have never seen such a thing!
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Jerry, I don’t see the Ford logo stamp, but it does have the correct part number T7608
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Allan, it looks like it has a steel bushing in there, it’s still a little dirty down there because I didn’t bother to go that far down with the sand blaster
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Adrian, This wouldn't be NRS since it's the later style. I'm assuming Pre-Model T would be something similar to the early two-piece end.
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Jerry, I'll have to amend my earlier reply. I found the Ford stamp, it was just faint.
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So it wasn't made in bronze so they could delete the bushing. I can't see any other reason to go to a casting of material which is more expensive.
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Mine has the Ford script which if I understand correctly that the script on parts began about 1919 would make fairly late in production. Min has part number T7609
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Re: Unusual Drive Shaft Universal Joint Housing
This housing ticks all the boxes for being a Universal Joint housing for the Ford marine engine.
A housing without any tailshaft in bronze, check out the marine motor post
A housing without any tailshaft in bronze, check out the marine motor post
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Interesting....Not saying you're wrong, but weren't those 3rd party conversions? Would marine conversion parts still carry Ford part numbers?
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The piece that Robert posted is 3rd party, so that may have been some kind of conversion, just brainstorming
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In the third picture the marking on the part says "National", so I guess it is third party.The piece that Robert posted is 3rd party, so that may have been some kind of conversion, just brainstorming
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A couple of Model T parts that were bronze for years are sediment bulbs and Holley G carburetors. I believe the change of both to cast iron was a cost saving measure.
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