Donald,
Let me see if I am reading this right. Are you saying that every other roller
should be pointing in an opposite direction from its
adjacent ones, or that the rows of rollers should be pointing in opposite
directions?
I can't see how the first possibility can work and the ones I have taken apart
have the rollers curved sides all touching and the flat
ends all in a row.
On a different (but related) note, I took apart a spare Spitfire Mk1 sliding
shaft to see how the rollers were positioned and after
working all the dried up grease so that the sliding piece comes off, I
discovered that there are no rollers in that one! Oh well!
Joe
"Donald H. Locker" wrote:
>
> The rollers should be alternating; the yokes should be parallel to
> each other. Standard driveline practice. (There was only one
> occasion where I had to set the u-joints out of phase, and that was
> for a driveshaft with 6 joints at various angles in a garbage truck,
> and where the manufacturer needed a very quick fix. After getting the
> angles set correctly, we went back to normal phasing and retrofitted
> the few vehicles that were strange.)
>
> (in ascii: -O]---------------------[O- )
>
> FWIW, Bentley tells you not to disassemble the sliding joint, but an
> older Haynes that I have shows the joint nicely. I could scan it if
> anyone really wants it. And yes, someone lost the retainer for you.
> Thank goodness you found the other rollers.
>
> Donald.
>
> > Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2000 22:00:20 -0500
> > From: "R.D. Waid" <msp01091@isd.net>
> >
> > On Sunday, June 4, I wrote:
> >
> > >On removing the
> > >driveshaft, I found out that I must have a "sliding spline" driveshaft, as
>it
> > >overextended when I pulled it out and it dropped about 40 little
>cylindrical
> > >rollers onto the garage floor. I believe there must have a reassembly
>error by a
> > >PO which allowed this to happen (some kind of missing retainer?).
> > >
> > >I figured out how to reassemble it (Haynes didn't even have a picture),
>but now
> > >I'm two rollers short. What's the expert opinion on leaving it that way? I
>don't
> > >see how the rollers could get out of position in the closed up spline, but
> > >Murphy is always lurking around. Are these little rollers the kind of thing
> > >someone could find at a driveshaft shop or elsewhere?
> >
> > I found the two missing rollers from the sliding spline driveshaft!! The
> > questions I have now are:
> >
> > 1. Do all the rollers lie in the same plane in the races? As the driveshaft
>was
> > falling apart in my hands, it seemed that the rollers were alternating with
>some
> > perpendicular to others. The height of the cylindrical rollers is exactly
>the
> > same as the diameter, so they might be able to lie at right angles to each
>other
> > in the races. It was easy to put the spline back together if I put them all
>in
> > in the same plane in each race. The spline slides in and out very smoothly.
> >
> > 2. Should the shaft-mounted yokes of the U-joints be perpendicular or
>parallel?
> > ISTR from earlier posts that they should be perpendicular.
> >
> > Any comments/advice appreciated!
> >
> > Bob Waid
> > 71 Mark IV FK4081L
> >
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