Hi Mike,
I'm sorry to read your bad news. I expect that I too will hear that
noise someday.
I've been involved in one half-shaft replacement. The procedure, as I
recall it, is to withdraw the intact shaft on the other side, then use a
3/16 steel rod from the hardware store, hammered by to to make a slight
spoon-shape tip that will pas the spider gear, to push out the broken-off
stub. Taps with a hammer on the rod will usually force out the broken
bit.
This works in most cases, I am told, but in the car that I was helping
on, we needed to remove the gears themselves and take to a machine shop
to press out the broken stub. The splines had been twisted and were so
wedged that the 3/16 rod trick didn't work.
Although it's a nuisance to have this happen just as spring is coming
on, the repair should take only half a day, with luck. Remember to clean
out the swarf with a magnet and then by rinsing with kero or paint
thinner or something.
Bob
On Sun, 16 Mar 2003 16:49:33 -0600 Mike Duvall <duvallcom@sbcglobal.net>
writes:
> Hi all, I just got my TD on the road after a restoration. After 12
> miles it began to make noise in the rear. My wife popped the clutch on
a hill
> and there was a pop noise. The drive shaft now turns freely by hand.
> When she was towing me home, I could hear a noise from the rear end. A
> rubbing sound.
>
> Any suggestions on how I should proceed? I've never worked on a rear
> axle.I really know nothing of the history of the car except it has been
in
> pieces for 25 years.
>
> Is there something I can check and fix on my own? Or do I pull the
> axle and drag it down to my local MG mechanic? I read the manual and it
seems
> unlike a do-it-yourself proposition.
>
> Thanks, Mike
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