Wrapping the front u-joint with electrical tape helps keep the joint stiff
enough to guide the front section into the tranny, the tape will fall off
after the first drive and slide to the rear. Just a thought.
Dan
----- Original Message -----
From Guy Weller <guy at weller-lakes.freeserve.co.uk>
To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 4:38 PM
Subject: Stop-Ping!
> Stripped out the propshaft and replaced the 2 UJ's tonight. Nice
> straightforward job for once. Also found that my arms are long and
> thin enough to reach down the length of the tranny tunnel from the
> rear axle end in order to guide the splined end of the prop shaft into
> the back of the gerarbox. Not the difficult task I thought irt was
> going to be.
> One of the UJ's turned out to be completely dry and full of rust-dust,
> whilst on the other one, 1 arm (or are they legs?) of the spider was
> all chewed down to a conical stump. No wonder it made ping noises!.
> Odd thing was it never seemed to vibrate at all. Surprising, I would
> say.
>
> Guy
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Guy Weller" <guy@weller-lakes.freeserve.co.uk>
> To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> Sent: 24 September 2001 23:30
> Subject: Ping!
>
>
> > Intermittent metalic clicks and "ping" noises from drivetrain
> > somewhere. Especially going from forward to reverse.
> > Is this likely to be the Hardy-Spicer UJ ?
> >
> > Guy
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