Diane........
Find another Moss person to speak to! There are no different thicknesses
listed (or available) for the shims you need. Obviously, the salesperson you
spoke to misunderstood which shims you need, although it's probably not
really his fault as what you are calling shims are known by most people (and
referred to in the catalog) as thrust washers.
So, to make it easy for yourself, just order 2 each 267-130 and 2ea.
267-140. These are the thrust washers on the differential spider gears and
are the little devils that usually wear out and cause the clunk to which you
referred.
Lawrie
British Sportscar Center
-----Original Message-----
From: Diane S. <cessna@speakeasy.org>
To: MGs <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Sunday, July 23, 2000 8:00 AM
Subject: rear end shims/clunk
>hello.
>
>I think it's slightly overdue that I replace those rear end shims ? spacers
>? in my 77 mgb's diff.
>
>this requires jacking up the rear, taking the back cover off, taking the
>rear axles out, (and getting new axel end seals), and sort of replacing the
>shims right ?
>
>the moss person wanted to know what size shims I needed, in retrospect
they
>are pretty cheap I think, I can order all of them. I believe I need to
>measure the exact size required before I pull the axels out, is this
correct
>?
>
>someone told me that there were some superior copper ? shims out there
>somewhere, if this is so, can anyone tell me where ?
>
>thanks, bunches, Diane
>
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