Hello all,
After a lot of effort, I was able to get my newly sealed (and with new
bearings) differential mounted back up into the '75 spit, but I've run into
two problems.
Problem number 1 - The propeller shaft flange and differential pinion flange
are now about 1/8th to 3/16th of an inch apart from each other! I think it
is because the bushings on the differential are new (hence tighter) and
don't have the play the old ones did, but that is just a guess. Can I just
bolt the flanges together? Will this cause undue stress anywhere in the
drive train? Should spacers be installed on the flange or propeller shaft to
compensate for the gap?
Problem number 2 - I bought a new rear leaf spring from TRF (the old one
sagged like... <insert favorite expression here>), but it does not seem to
fit onto of the differential cleanly. For example, the stud on the bottom of
the leaf spring does not slide into the hole on top of the differential
easily (it took some pounding), nor does it slide into the channel on top of
the differential. (The channel being the area where the leaf spring sits
across the differential, between the small lips.) Even after tightening the
bolts that hold the leaf spring to the differential, there is still a gap.
Has anyone run into the problems above? Better yet, anyone have any
suggestions!
Thanks,
Kurt Strassner
75 Red Spitfire (undergoing rear suspension work)
77 Yellow Spitfire (2 weeks new - bought it on eBay - it's waiting for Red
Spit to get off the jacks so it can get a checkup)
PS. Will I get more help if I register these two Spits in the Spitfire
database first? ;)
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