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Re: rear axle slop

To: James Harwood <james.harwood@sbcglobal.net>,
Subject: Re: rear axle slop
From: Barney Gaylord <barneymg@MGAguru.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 04:30:45 -0500
At 12:46 AM 8/24/04 -0700, James Harwood wrote:
>.... on my '74 CBB, .... turning the wheel hubs by hand and found that 
>there was about 1/4 inch of slop measured at the brake drum studs. As I 
>meet resitance in the diff at each end of this turn, there's a quite quiet 
>click.

Ah, the famous tube axle clunk.

>....
>.... should I be concerned about this right now, or shelve the problem 
>until later?

Easy enough to fix, couple of hours and maybe $15 for parts, so why 
wait?  See here:
http://www.chicagolandmgclub.com/photos/b_clunk

Barney Gaylord
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