Jim,
Do you know where the CV joint axles might be found. What Company Makes
them?
Thanks,
Joseph Garruba
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Hill <Jim_Hill@chsra.wisc.edu>
To: 6pack@autox.team.net <6pack@autox.team.net>
Date: Friday, June 09, 2000 3:01 PM
Subject: RE: spline lock
>
>Peter Zaborski wrote:
>
>> Sometimes one hears about the IRS TRs being afflicted with a condition
>known
>> as 'spline lock' in reference to the splines on the rear half-shafts. Can
>> anyone please describe to me what this means?
>>
>> 1. What are the symptoms of a car which suffers from spline lock?
>> 2. What causes spline lock?
>> 3. How does one eliminate spline lock?
>
>As Berry wrote, "The axle shafts have to be able change lengths to
>accommodate suspension movement". If the splines don't slide to accommodate
>the change in length, bad things happen. Anything from a hard "clunk" sound
>as the splines come free, to hearing the free ends of the broken axle stubs
>trashing your suspension pieces, to watching a rear wheel and hub go
rolling
>off to one side of the road as you go rolling off the other.
>
>Spline lock is most likely to happen during very hard cornering when
>suspension movement is coupled with high acceleration or braking forces
>being applied to the axles. In a well maintained car that isn't being raced
>or autocrossed, it's not likely to happen at all.
>
>In addition to the suggestions for proper maintenance, there's also an
>available aftermarket set of CV joint axles for the TR6 that eliminates the
>sliding splines altogether.
>
>Jim Hill
>Madison WI
>
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