Just went through all the U-Joints in the TR6, two different sources
that I respect told me the same thing (Herman van den Akker, and
Drive Line Stockton) ... if the caps move in the yoke, then the yoke
MUST be replaced ... Sorry but maybe other might have different
opinions ...
At 11:31 PM -0500 4/19/05, Guy D. Huggins wrote:
>Before installing the u-joints in the rear axle shafts on my TR4A, I
>took a Dremel tool sanding bit and ran it through the yokes to clean up
>where the u-joint caps would fit through. After installing the
>u-joints, I noticed that some of the caps tend to rotate inside the
>yoke, instead of remaining stationary. Is this a case of a little too
>much polishing or do I have a bigger problem? Seems to me that all the
>motion should be the spider inside the cap, not the cap in the yoke.
>
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Bill Pugh
1957 TR3 TS16765L
aka
Casper
1971 TR6 CC59179L
aka
Rosey
Wallace, CA
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