RE: radius arm bushings

Richard Atherton (a-richat(at)MICROSOFT.com)
Wed, 18 Mar 1998 01:35:02 -0800

Hmm the line I failed to type there was ....by hand. If you detect slop in the splined wheels by twisting the drive shaft by hand...GET OUT OF THE CAR !!! It's unsafe at any speed!. I never had splined wheels, so here's a question....is the rear brake drum on the axle or the splined part.?? If it onn the axle, then the application of the hand brake would have stopped sloppy splines from being noticed, which was part of the reason for apply the brake, the other was to keep the car from moving....

Rich

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> From: William Lewis[SMTP:wrlewis(at)ucdavis.edu]
> Reply To: William Lewis
> Sent: Monday, March 16, 1998 9:18 AM
> To: alpine newsgroup
> Subject: RE: radius arm bushings
>
> On Sun, 15 Mar 1998, Richard Atherton (Entex) wrote:
>
> > 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
>
>
> Some of us with very worn splines on the wire wheels can have considerable
> slop when turning the drive shaft that does not implicate the
> differential. People with bolt on wheels don't have to factor this into
> the equation.
>
> Bill Lewis
> Series II (with very worn splines...someday I will replace them...but
> those rear hubs are a real pain to pull)
>