Driveshaft stripes - sprayed on or brushed?

green_weenie · #1 10-10-2004, 02:42 AM

Thanks everyone. Great help - I plan to brush mine back on.

NCGuy68 · #2 10-10-2004, 03:49 AM

Gents, in all do respect.........

Where in the assembly process did the shaft get painted 'free hand' while it was spinning? What was it spinning in or on?

**Mr70** · #3 10-10-2004, 04:00 AM

I agree.
The soul purpose of the striped shaft,was so the line worker could easily identify it from the bin,during assembly,then apply it to the Vehicle being built.
I still believe spraying the stripes onto the shaft was done in a few plants by some.

JoeG · #4 10-10-2004, 04:01 AM

---I'm not saying the driveshaft was turning At a certain RPM--I'M just saying the brush/swab marks on my driveshaft looked as if the brush or swab was pressed against the driveshaft as the driveshaft was turned. The brush marks themselves looked like someone stuck his finger in a can of paint and went around the shaft.---Just an observation.

Mark_C · #5 10-10-2004, 04:56 AM

How about this, M20 transmissioned car.

JoeG · #6 10-10-2004, 05:17 AM

Nice documentation of your part--- Mark----

Pantera · #7 10-10-2004, 06:58 PM

I am guessing but I would think it would make sense that who ever built the shaft or did the balance job on it would have put the paint stripes on. That way there would not be a mistake on the color for each length shaft.

The shafts would then be ready to go into the rack by color and the line worker could just grab the proper color when the car it went to came along.

So it makes sense to me that they would do it after building or doing the bal on the shaft while it was still in the lathe and they could spin it by hand to apply the color. I doubt that it was a brush that did it but a pad/swab with a tube of color behind it that was hanging just above the end that they put the color on?

GTO_DON · #8 10-11-2004, 06:01 AM

The 70 ss454 i have has the original stripes on it and their brushed on. 2 orange and a green in the middle.

**olredalert** · #9 10-11-2004, 07:52 AM

-------My 69 Concours wagon appears to have three green stripes. Sound correct?
-------What would my 70 LS6 April build 4Spd. car have on it for stripes?.........Bill S

**Mr70** · #10 10-11-2004, 08:03 AM

It depends on what Plant it was built at.
Pink-Blue if Kansas.

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