John Kipping supplies UJ kits with the standard circlips included and
an additional 2 'thick' clips to solve the clicks. Only a few pence
extra for the thick clips.
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>I can almost guarantee that it's the u-joint slapping back and forth inside
>the yoke. The "correct" procedure for installing u-joints in the Spitfire
>axle is to determine the installed clearance between the cups and the
>retaining ring groove and fit the "correct" thickness circlip to retain it.
> Nobody I know of in the business does this, and just fits them right out
>of the box. Anymore, u-joints come with only one thickness clip and it's
>invariably too thin, allowing the u-joint cups to slide inside the already
>worn bores of a well used, highly stressed Spitfire axle causing the
>"click" as they encounter the circlips. In my case, shimming with a thin
>shim cleared up the problem. The material from an empty soda can was just
>right, and was easy enough to cut -
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