Hi Graham and other MGlers,
This drive shaft did not want to get out of the transmission
whatsoever. I didn't want to ruin totally the u-joints thus
I didn't use brute force. Finally I just didn't know what else
to do and brought it to a garage where they had more experience
with the lbcs. Ok, they used the brute force hammer and chisel
method and got it finally out.
The drive shaft end that went into the tranny had a 1" wide
grove half around and .1" deep. The rear bearing in the
transmission must have been broken and somehow the shaft had
been hitting one side over and over again.
This might have come due to a long (4 years?) period of sitting
around. The oil/grease must have dried out and with the next
bumps the bearing gave up it's ghost.
One good thing I learned after all: there is a grease point in
the front u-joint accessible through a small hole (rubber plug)
in the drive shaft tunnel. It is next to the drivers (LHD) seat
on the side. Since it's not really easy to peep in there I would
recommend to probe with a finger if the grease nipple is facing
the hole. Use your grease nipples.
The u-joints were just fine and the vibrations are now much(!)
smaller after maybe reinstalling the drive shaft in a different way
now.
I want to thank you all for your kind support!
Cheers,
Gus
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Agustin de la Calle '71 MG Midget (red)
Boston, MA delacall@bcmp.med.harvard.edu
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On Sat, 20 May 1995, Graham McCann wrote:
> Gus,
> Possibly, although the spline must have been moving a bit or all hell would
> have been breaking out when the suspension moved up or down and required a
> longer, or shorter, tail shaft. I think it must be fouling on something
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