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Re: Stop-Ping!

To: "spridget list" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Stop-Ping!
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 17:42:26 -0400
Yours leaks?

Robert D.
< dry delivery>

-----Original Message-----

>Guy, your method works fine for people with long arms. The rest of us use
>tape around the joint or newspaper stuffed in the joint. We do have one
>advantage in that our arm(s) don't get as greasy :-)
>
>Larry Miller
>
>----- Original Message -----
>> > Guy Weller wrote:
>> >
>> > > 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



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