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Re: U-joint problem

To: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>, spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: U-joint problem
From: Douglas Braun & Nadia Papakonstantinou <dougbert@rcn.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 16:35:17 -0500
At 10:45 AM 11/29/99 -0800, you wrote:
>Actually that's not far off from the factory specs.  Normally, u-joints
>were secured with different thickness circlips to eliminate this slop
>whenever u-joints were replaced.  Now-a-days, the circlips supplied are all
>the same (narrow?) ones and as a result you get wear and clicking noises
>even after replacing a joint.  


My problem is nastier.  The U-joint cup moves from side to
side, and sometimes when you bend the joint, the cups sometimes
rotate in the yokes...   There isn't really any axial endplay
like you describe above.

Doug


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