Kurt- 1)-The propeller shaft has a slip fit joint on it, if you pull it
toward the diffy, it will slide.-it's designed that way, it takes up the
rotational displacement of the diff under hard acceleration/deceleration.
2) did you dress the channel to remove any foreign matter before
attempting to install the spring?
Just my .02
Mark Haynes
'65 Spit RMVR #162
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kurt Strassner [SMTP:Kurt.Strassner@trcinc.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 1999 8:01 AM
> To: 'spitfires@autox.team.net'
> Subject: Bad Diffy, Bad!
>
>
> Hello all,
>
> After a lot of effort, I was able to get my newly sealed (and with new
> bearings) differential mounted back up into the '75 spit, but I've run
> into
> two problems.
>
> Problem number 1 - The propeller shaft flange and differential pinion
> flange
> are now about 1/8th to 3/16th of an inch apart from each other! I think it
> is because the bushings on the differential are new (hence tighter) and
> don't have the play the old ones did, but that is just a guess. Can I just
> bolt the flanges together? Will this cause undue stress anywhere in the
> drive train? Should spacers be installed on the flange or propeller shaft
> to
> compensate for the gap?
>
> Problem number 2 - I bought a new rear leaf spring from TRF (the old one
> sagged like... <insert favorite expression here>), but it does not seem to
> fit onto of the differential cleanly. For example, the stud on the bottom
> of
> the leaf spring does not slide into the hole on top of the differential
> easily (it took some pounding), nor does it slide into the channel on top
> of
> the differential. (The channel being the area where the leaf spring sits
> across the differential, between the small lips.) Even after tightening
> the
> bolts that hold the leaf spring to the differential, there is still a gap.
>
> Has anyone run into the problems above? Better yet, anyone have any
> suggestions!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kurt Strassner
>
> 75 Red Spitfire (undergoing rear suspension work)
> 77 Yellow Spitfire (2 weeks new - bought it on eBay - it's waiting for Red
> Spit to get off the jacks so it can get a checkup)
>
> PS. Will I get more help if I register these two Spits in the Spitfire
> database first? ;)
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