Well, all I have to say is, "If you can do it that way, you're a better
man that I am."
My drive shaft was wedged in there so tightly that without removing the
straps, it would not budge.
Joe
P.S. I thing Triumph intended it that way, Otherwise, why put those
straps in at all. It would have been cheaper to build a solid mount on
both ends than fabricate the straps and the 2-piece coupling. And we
all know how austere Triumph was.
Joe
nikolai jaremka wrote:
>
> i think you are a little misguided, joe. i have the strap type
> on my car and i've also had the driveshaft out more than twice
> without undoing more than 8 bolts (4 at the gearbox, and 4 at
> the diff).
>
> --- Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> > nikolai jaremka wrote:
> > >
> > > > However, with that said, if you can find a shaft with a
> > slider
> > > > joint on
> > > > one end, that is a much better way to go than the strap
> > type.
> > > >
> > >
> > > why?
> >
> > Because in order to take it off and put it back on again, all
> > you have
> > to do is remove the flange, not both the flange bolts and the
> > bolts that
> > hold the straps on. As you probably already know, the strap
> > type
> > collapses somewhat when the straps are removed, enabling the
> > flange to
> > come away from its mating surface on the differential. The
> > sliding
> > joint does this without having to remove anything but the
> > flange bolts
> > (4 rather than 8)
> >
> > Regards,
> > Joe
> >
> >
> > --
> > "If you can't excel with talent, triumph with effort."
> > -- Dave Weinbaum in National Enquirer
> >
> >
>
> ===
> nikolai jaremka
> 72 spitfire mkIV
> east aurora, new york
--
"If you can't excel with talent, triumph with effort."
-- Dave Weinbaum in National Enquirer
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