Rob,
I'm not an expert on TRs by any means, but as far as I know the nose of the
Triumph 2000 diff was dropped at some point to deliberately make the UJ work
more and so prevent a problem called propshaft mangle where vibrations occur
because there is insufficient loading on the UJs. However because a UJ is
not a constant velocity joint it is imperative that the UJs are in line with
each other when they are run through an angle otherwise the speeding up and
slowing down of the shaft is different from each end and creates major
vibration problems.
John Kipping
----- Original Message -----
From: Rob Dardano <19to1tr6@mediaone.net>
To: team <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2002 3:55 PM
Subject: drive shaft angle
> Hi guys , Ladies I was working on my tr-6 today and noticed that the
> differental pinon flange has a radical up wared angle and is making the
drive
> shaft U joint work very hard , The rubber mounts are new. A friend and i
> messured the frame every which way looking for an out point and did not
find
> any thing wrong > It would take lenghting the front mounting studs and
> shimming the rubber mounts this would level the diff and strighten the
drive
> shaft line to the tranny making the U joints work less ,but would I create
any
> other problems and is this exsisting angle a part of the design. thanks
> rob
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