[Spits] rear axles & u joints

Jim Muller jimmuller at rcn.com
Sat Jun 21 08:00:02 MDT 2008


On 21 Jun 2008 at 6:28, Henry Stike wrote:

> We had the car up on blocks,both sides, with the wheels & drums
> pulled.....  then ran the car in gear....

Do note that running the wheels in gear while the car is up on 
jackstands means the u-joints are at the extreme of their downward 
angle.  This can give a misleading impression of how smooth, actually 
how *non-smooth*, they run.

-- 
Jim Muller
jimmuller at rcn.com
'80 Spitfire, '70 GT6+


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