My local non-LBC mechanic told me that I can risk the chance of drive shaft vibrations if the drive shaft *flange* yokes are installed 180 out of phase with respect to their original orientation. I u
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 15:52:32 -0500 with any abuse report
yes, one of my manuals (spitfire 1500) mentions 'chalking' them before disassembling to facilitate reassembly. I unfortunately read that AFTER changing the u-joints... The joints made slight clicking
Hi Don, I just had my driveshaft dynamically spun balanced. If you rotate the yokes 180deg, you may need to re-balanced the driveshaft - this was confirmed by my driveshaft shop. This may be the imba
I took my drive shaft to be balanced. When I took it to the specialist shop, I had the arrows on the shaft and flange sides lined up like they were supposed to be. When I got the shaft back, the arr
I didn't follow this thread closely until I saw this note. Now, I may be wrong about this (I spend a lot of my life wrong), but I thought the point of lining up the flanges between the two ends of a
Certainly phasing is important, for the reason you outlined, Jim. But, I don't see any reason a flange couldn't be out of balance enough to make a difference if it was turned 180 degrees, especially
Don, Are you talking about the driveshaft or the half-shafts (axles)? The half-shafts have a "key" in the splines that will only let the two halves go together one way. Hugh Barber Hollister, Ca '73
Thanks to all who have responded. But to tell the truth I am confused by some of the replies. I'll bet it is because my question was not clear. In all cases, either drive shaft or axles, the yoke end
I remember something like this being said in automotive technology classes I took. The fact is I have paid very little attention to it over the years and I believe it is just a theoretical overindulg
$5.00 to remove and replace a ujoint... Really... I paid over twice that... $50.00 just to have the 4 axle ujoints removed. Guess I won't go back there. Don Malling