Richard,
Not only is the flange different, but very likely the shaft is 1" shorter that
the one it is to be replacing.
Joe
Richard B Gosling wrote:
>
> Further to the UJ saga....
>
> Spent 3 hours last night stripping a UJ flange off a S/H driveshaft obtained
> from TRGB, fitting a new UJ, replacing the snapped handbrake lever on the
>hub,
> replacing the handbrake cable, all going as well as I could hope for,
> everything going back together fine, when....
>
> I tried to bolt the UJ flange back onto the differential. Bolt wouldn't go
>in.
> Hmm, wierd. I spend some time fiddling before my tired and frustrated mind
> realised THE HOLES DID NOT LINE UP! I guess the driveshaft I picked up must
> have been from an earlier Spit, and it used a different pitch circle diameter
> for the bolt holes on the flange. It never occurred to me that all Spits
> would not be the same.
>
> So, two more salutory messages:
> First, most directly - ALL UJ FLANGES ARE NOT THE SAME, for no obvious reason
> at all Triumph changed them at some point.
> Second, more generally - ALWAYS MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE RIGHT PART, AND THAT IT
> WILL FIT, BEFORE YOU WASTE 3 HOURS TRYING TO FIT IT!
>
> This morning I came to work via TRGB (my wife kindly gave me a lift, then
> dropped me at the train station, making her well late for work, she's
>lovely),
> picked up yet another spare driveshaft, made sure it was the right one by
> comparing to the broken flange I had bought with me, and today I will try for
> the THIRD time to sort it all out!
>
> Richard & Daffy
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