Fred, I have seen these on spits and apparently they are there to keep the
diff from sliding laterally and to keep metal to metal contact from
happening (per joe) however, I have also seen many of my spits without them
and I am not even sure if I have replaced them. I would not worry about it.
Patrick Bowen
----- Original Message -----
From: Fred Griffiths <griffco@mail.cadvision.com>
To: <SPITFIRES@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 1999 5:03 PM
Subject: dIFF iNSTALLATION
>
> Hi all,
> I just re installed the diff in a 1500 I'm restoring/rebuilding from boxes
of
> bits. I then removed the diff from my MK IV (for some major work) and
found that there
> are two rubber washers just outside the two rear mounting lugs, inside the
frame.
> Needless to day I realized I had omitted to install them on the 1500.
>
> So I checked the Rimmer catalogue, and found on page 85 a diagram, but no
rubber
> washer. Instead it says "149648 (2) RUBBER DUSK". Interesting
description! I see it in
> the parts list as "Rubber Bush/washer".
>
> Anyway I tried to install the washers while the diff was in the chassis,
but
> gave up not wanting to remove everything else just to get them in.
>
> My question is - what do they do? The hole in the centre of the washer is
large
> enough to fit over the steel tube of the main bushing. And, the steel
tube in the
> centre of the rear main mounting lug bushes fit tight against the chassis,
AND the bolt
> is torqued to 34 ft/lbs -- the rubber washer appears to be doing doing
nothing.
>
> OR, would the diff twist or slide sideways far enough that the main rubber
> bushings would allow the diff mounting lugs to hit against the chassis?
>
> Any ideas on why one would bother to put it in?
> Cheers, Fred
>
> Fred & Wendy Griffiths
> Calgary, Canada
> mailto: griffco@cadvision.com
> http://www.cadvision.com/griffco/index.htm
>
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