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Re: Tranny Noise

To: pasgeirsson@juno.com (Paul A Asgeirsson), ulix@u.washington.edu
Subject: Re: Tranny Noise
From: Peter C <nosimport@mailbag.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 15:26:13 -0800
Cc: pauld@ekpc.com, spridgets@autox.team.net
In-reply-to: <19990113.125301.14911.0.PAsgeirsson@juno.com>
References: <Pine.OSF.4.05.9901130931520.32214-100000@saul10.u.washington.edu>
Reply-to: Peter C <nosimport@mailbag.com>
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I used to "dimple" the part that it was meant to be on and push it back on.
Sometimes that was permanant, sometimes I had to dimple it a lot!
Hey Ulix, the cars in your sig are blowin up!
Peter C
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At 03:53 PM 1/13/99 -0500, Paul A Asgeirsson wrote:
>There is a "dirt guard" pressed steel ring that is on the yoke that goes
>on the front of the pinion gear as it goes into the diferential.  It
>hides the lip seal from view.  If it is loose and flopping, then the yoke
>must come off to replace it on the yoke.  If it is just hitting the dif
>as it rotates, then pry it away with a screwdriver until it clears.
>
>Paul
>
>PAsgeirsson@juno.com
>
>On Wed, 13 Jan 1999 09:33:11 -0800 (PST) Ulix Goettsch
><ulix@u.washington.edu> writes:
>>Paul, my car doesn't have the ring your describe, are you sure it's
>>original?
>>The Datsun driveshaft had a cover like that where it enteres the
>>transmission...
>>
>>Ulix
>>
>>
>>On Wed, 13 Jan 1999, Paul Dolloff wrote:
>>
>>> List,
>>> 
>>> Last night was a good Spritely night.  If you remember, my recent 
>>> 5-speed conversion resulted in an unknown tranny noise.
>>> 
>>> I took the Sprite to the guy who did the overhaul (2 bearings) on 
>>the 
>>> Datsun transmission before conversion.  After a drive during which 
>>he 
>>> heard the sound, we raised it on his rack, started it, and put it in 
>>
>>> gear.  Guess what the noise was...it was being made by a ring which 
>>> appears to be a mud/dirt guard around the driveshaft located just 
>>> before the driveshaft enters the differential.  Man!  Was I a happy 
>>> camper knowing that the motor and tranny didn't have to be pulled.
>>> 
>>> Now, how the heck do I fix this?  Pull the driveshaft off?  To what 
>>> and how does this ring attach?
>>> 
>>> Other than that, is this conversion too cool or what?  Man is it 
>>nice 
>>> to put the car in fifth and it sure doesn't take long to get used to 
>>
>>> down shifting into first.
>>> 
>>> I actually like the shorter travel of the clutch.
>>> 
>>> I've got a 4.22 rear end and this is no way am I going to try the 
>>> 3.9.
>>> 
>>> Needless to say, I'm an excited guy.
>>> 
>>> Later,
>>> Paul
>>> --------------------------------------------------------------
>>> Paul A. Dolloff, Ph.D.
>>> Lexington, KY
>>> 606/744-4812 ext. 389
>>> '59 A/H Sprite MK I: AN5L-8073
>>> '66 A/H Sprite MK III: HAN8L-59017
>>> '69 A/H Sprite MK IV: Parts car
>>> --------------------------------------------------------------
>>> 
>>
>>    Ulix                                       __/__,__      
>>___/__|\__  
>>..............................................(_o____o_)....<_O_____O_/...
>>                                              '67 Sprite     '74 X1/9
>>
>>
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