Vic, Brad, et all.....
Firstly, Vic, STOP that work stuff, we're talking about Spits here. jeesh.
I'd think that the halfshaft fall as they might. (sorry, I had to).
It's the "prop shaft" that we're worried about.
J
"Victor B. Michael" wrote:
> Jim,
>
> This is clear. It refers to the driveshaft. I was wondering/asking
> about the ujoint and their flanges on the half shafts on either side of
> the differential. Though, now thinking about it, doesn't seem as
> critical. Think of this: you jack the car up on one side, turn the wheel
> (the other side doesn't) the flanges are "wherever they are", right?
> DUH!
>
> I obviously didn't think that question through. (I'm at work today and
> distracted by other things, I guess :)
>
> Vic
>
> Jim wrote:
> >
> > Vic,
> > Yes, we were discussing this very thing.
> > My confusion lay in whether the two 'crosses' of the u-joint were to be in
> > alignment with one another or 45 degrees out of synch.
> > The consensus is that they need to be in alignment and, in fact, I have
>researched
> > this further and discover that to be the case.
> > The two "crosses" of the drive shaft should be in the same position. That
>is, if
> > point "A" of the front u-joint is pointing at 12:00 oclock then point "A"
>of the
> > rear u-joint should also be pointing at 12:00 oclock.
> > Clear?
> >
> > Jim
> >
> > "Victor B. Michael" wrote:
> >
> > > [snip]
> > >
> > > > When you drop the driveline from the back of the gearbox, MARK the two
> > > > plates so that you can get it back together the same as it was before.
>This
> > > > keeps the two u-joints in "time" with one another so that they don't
>"fight"
> > > > while you are driving.
> > >
> > > This interests me to the degree that I just received my newly rebuilt
> > > half-shafts from TeamTriumph.
> > > Though I never really noticed if the ujoint flanges were in alignment
> > > relative to eachother, is this something I should do?
> > > This just rang a faint bell with a recent thread - was I not paying
> > > attention?
> > >
> > > Anyway, I plan on putting these into my car tomorrow evening and
> > > Saturday, if necessary. Is there anything (like aligning ujoints) that I
> > > should be particularly careful of. I've done this exchange more than a
> > > few times, I just want to be sure I'm doing everything I can to prevent
> > > problems.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Vic
> >
> > --
> > Rawchester, Neu Yawk
> > Sptifire MkII "HardWay" FC68436L Red, what else?
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Rawchester, Neu Yawk
Sptifire MkII "HardWay" FC68436L Red, what else?
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