Good idea, the dimpleing. All LBCs need dimples. They're so cute and
cuddly!
Paul
PAsgeirsson@juno.com
On Wed, 13 Jan 1999 15:26:13 -0800 Peter C <nosimport@mailbag.com>
writes:
>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
>--
>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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