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Re: MGB Wobbles

To: "mgs" <mgs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: MGB Wobbles
From: "Bob Donahue" <bobmgtd@insightbb.com>
Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2005 22:18:08 -0500
Get ready for a whole lotta mallet tapping. IMPORTANT: Make sure the two
U-joints line up according to the shop manual. Might as well replace both
while you're at it, the other one may be bad even though it looks good.
U-joints are famous for that.

Bob Donahue (Still Stuck in the '50s)
Email - bobmgtd@insightbb.com
Cars:       52 MGTD - #17639
               71 MGB - #GHN5UB254361
Member:  NEMGTR #11470
               NAMGBR # 7-3336
               Hoosier MGB Club
               Olde Octagons of Indiana

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <AGreenberg@aol.com>
To: <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>; <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2005 2:07 PM
Subject: Re: MGB Wobbles


> Ah ha!  I found it!
>
> Late yesterday, I spent some more time under the car, and checking the
> tires. And.....
> I took a little drive ( down the street and back ) .  On the way back  I
> heard a loud clunk and a scraping draging  sound.   My  neighbor, wife and 
> I pushed
> it back to the house.
>
> Well long story short....the Universal joint behind the tranny failed and
> the prop shaft was no longer connected to the rest of the world, just 
> spinning
> in the air resting on the little cover.
> The working theory is that one of the four points of the U-joint setup
> snapped off earlier causing the wobble.   Yesterday the rest of if  broke.
>
> So new parts are on order and hopefully it'll be an easy job and I be 
> mobile
> next weekend.
> This is the best time to be driving, hate to miss any of it.
>
> Any hints on replacing the U-Joints?




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