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Re: Aligning drive shaft

To: Dick Watson <dwatson@feist.com>
Subject: Re: Aligning drive shaft
From: Craig Wiper <craigw@sonic.net>
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 1998 09:28:25 -0800
I've changed mine a few times on a few different cars and never had a
problem. Think about it. If you replaced your engine or transmission with
another unit at any time, you would have a new configuration and there
would be no marks to re-align.
Craig Wiper
early '74B


At 10:07 AM 2/16/98 -0600, you wrote:
>With the help of a friend, and PO of my 78 Midget 1500, we disconnected
>the rear of th drive shaft to replace the U-joints. After disconnecting
>this, I suudenly remebered that my Haynes manually said to mark where
>the shaft and the differential connected. Having failed to do this on
>the rear. We did mark it on the front of the drive shaft when we took it
>apart.
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>Can anyone tel me (us) how critcal this is and, if it is imperative that
>it goes back exactly the same way it came out, what we can do about it
>now?
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>Thanks in advance
>
>Dick Watson
>'68 & '78 Midgets
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Craig Wiper     
craigw@sonic.net
http://www.sonic.net/~craigw

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