Fellow SOL's,
This weekend I'm planning to replace my '63 Spitfire's
broken halfshaft. The old one is out/off the car now and after I put in
a new U-joint, swap wheel cylinders, and set up the brakes on the
replacement, I'll be ready to bolt everything back together. My Haynes
manual says that you should mark the flange on the diff and the flange on
the half-shaft before you take them apart, then line them back up again
when you put them back together. This seems to make sense, should help
to keep everything balanced.
But I'll be installing a whole new unit, from the flange that bolts to
the diff flange to the hub and brake backing plate. Thus I have nothing
to line back up.
Question:
Is this a problem? Is there anyway to do this wrong? It looks like the
orientation of the two flanges will work just fine no matter how I put
them back together. But I don't want to create any funny vibrations in my
Spit's rearend. So what are your thoughts on this?
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>From the 2/14/91 Rocky Mountain News, Denver, CO
"1975 MGB: Ending British Affair. Dismantled, all parts perfect,
rebuilt engine, everything ready to be painted & reassembled.
$2000 303-279-3750"
Let this serve as a warning to the rest of us. Maybe we should all
give our favorite British iron a little extra attention today to
help keep our "affair's" alive. :-)
Kirk Buecher
PS. Could we please stop talking about BRG, Notesgroups and speedo
cables, please.
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