Hi, Vic.
Won't matter on the half-shafts, since the axles are allowed to rotate
at different rates by design. (That's what the diff does.) So if you
carefully installed them aligned, the first turn will undo all your
efforts.
OTOH, driveshaft U-joints must (under _almost_ all circumstances) be
synchronised -- the front and rear yokes on the ends of the driveshaft
must lie in the same plane. The driveshaft should look like this:
+]==========[+ or +]========--[+ (if you have a slider)
As far as reassimbling to the gearbox, I have never match-marked the
two mating flanges (though there were other dumb-type things I did so
many years ago.) As long as the yokes on the driveshaft are correct
relative to each other, the rest should be OK.
Driveshafts with more than two u-joints (assuming cardan, not
constant-velocity) or with driving and driven axes at unusual angles
_may_ be assembled differently, but only on an expert analysis and
recommendation. (I did it once, some 25 years ago; worked great for
the customer, but I've not seen an occasion to do it since.)
> Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 15:34:50 -0500
> From: "Victor B. Michael" <vmichael@enteract.com>
>
> > 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
>
>
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