RE: radius arm bushings

Richard Atherton (a-richat(at)MICROSOFT.com)
Sun, 15 Mar 1998 00:18:35 -0800

You should check the slop in the differential by putting it in neutural, apply the hand brake, and twist the drive shaft at the differential. there should be almost no slop, or at leas very little when done by hand. If you find that there is more than about 15-20 degrees of slop (my opinion, what the real world say?) then you should probably open the differential to check the Ring Gear bolts. A notorius problems which will destroy the Diff if they come out. As for the Actual ammount of play ion a good Diff, I'm sure someone has the specs on what a fresh versus worn diff would be (assuming tight bolts for both. I don't have any handy. I know it will be one of my main concerns when I buy another one.

Rich

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> From: Robert L. Abernathy[SMTP:rabernat(at)sdc.org]
> Reply To: Robert L. Abernathy
> Sent: Thursday, March 12, 1998 6:58 PM
> To: alpines(at)autox.team.net
> Subject: radius arm bushings
>
> Another dumb question...
>
> I haven't been able to inspect my new Alpine
> carefully (I'm currently 150 miles away)
> but my father diagnosed the worst of my front
> end problems. Seems the po hadn't checked the
> wheel bearings in a while, so the right wheel
> was ready to fall off. With that fixed, there's
> still some slop in the radius arm. Can the
> bushings be replaced or do I need a new radius
> arm?
>
> Other than that, there don't appear to be any
> major problems. I may actually be able to drive
> it this weekend.
>
> Robert
> S I-V (mostly V)
> S Ipp (partially Pinto)
>