Get ready for a whole lotta mallet tapping. IMPORTANT: Make sure the two
U-joints line up according to the shop manual. Might as well replace both
while you're at it, the other one may be bad even though it looks good.
U-joints are famous for that.
Bob Donahue (Still Stuck in the '50s)
Email - bobmgtd@insightbb.com
Cars: 52 MGTD - #17639
71 MGB - #GHN5UB254361
Member: NEMGTR #11470
NAMGBR # 7-3336
Hoosier MGB Club
Olde Octagons of Indiana
----- Original Message -----
From: <AGreenberg@aol.com>
To: <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>; <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2005 2:07 PM
Subject: Re: MGB Wobbles
> Ah ha! I found it!
>
> Late yesterday, I spent some more time under the car, and checking the
> tires. And.....
> I took a little drive ( down the street and back ) . On the way back I
> heard a loud clunk and a scraping draging sound. My neighbor, wife and
> I pushed
> it back to the house.
>
> Well long story short....the Universal joint behind the tranny failed and
> the prop shaft was no longer connected to the rest of the world, just
> spinning
> in the air resting on the little cover.
> The working theory is that one of the four points of the U-joint setup
> snapped off earlier causing the wobble. Yesterday the rest of if broke.
>
> So new parts are on order and hopefully it'll be an easy job and I be
> mobile
> next weekend.
> This is the best time to be driving, hate to miss any of it.
>
> Any hints on replacing the U-Joints?
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