Gordy,
I suggest you remove the pumpkin, box it up nice, and send it to me for my BN7.
I will send $4.95 to cover the shipping.
:):):)
Keith Pennell
>
> Healey Friends,
> While on a drive on a beautiful Sunday afternoon, my BN4, no
> overdrive, began making a rear end noise that I thought at first
> was a flat left side tire. I stopped and checked the tire and wheel,
> not flat, nothing loose that I could see. But the sound persisted,
> and I believe even got worse, but you know how noises are when
> you are a few miles from home. It appeared worse when
> decelerating, very noticeable when coasting, but maybe not there
> when accelerating. Turning corners did not seem to be better or
> worse.
> Today I put the rear axle on jacks. With both wheels off the
> ground, and the trans in a gear, there was a very noticeable gap of
> little resistance for a few degrees when starting to rotate either
> wheel, in either direction, then it was just smooth rotation. With
> the trans in neutral, this gap was not felt, just smooth resistance
> and rotation.
>
> Reaching in through the removed rear seat pan openings, I could
> watch the rear of the rear u-joint. If I put manual torque against
> the rotation by grabbing the diff. hub, it seemed like there was
> no "gap".
>
> I know this leaves a lot to the imagination, but I'm thinking
> (hopeing) that I have a u-joint problem, not differential or trans.
> I don't know why it would start suddenly...I thought U-joints were
> a progressive failure device.
>
>
> What say you?
>
> Regards,
>
> Gordy
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