Hi all,
I just re installed the diff in a 1500 I'm restoring/rebuilding from
boxes of
bits. I then removed the diff from my MK IV (for some major work) and found
that there
are two rubber washers just outside the two rear mounting lugs, inside the
frame.
Needless to day I realized I had omitted to install them on the 1500.
So I checked the Rimmer catalogue, and found on page 85 a diagram, but
no rubber
washer. Instead it says "149648 (2) RUBBER DUSK". Interesting description! I
see it in
the parts list as "Rubber Bush/washer".
Anyway I tried to install the washers while the diff was in the
chassis, but
gave up not wanting to remove everything else just to get them in.
My question is - what do they do? The hole in the centre of the washer
is large
enough to fit over the steel tube of the main bushing. And, the steel tube in
the
centre of the rear main mounting lug bushes fit tight against the chassis, AND
the bolt
is torqued to 34 ft/lbs -- the rubber washer appears to be doing doing
nothing.
OR, would the diff twist or slide sideways far enough that the main
rubber
bushings would allow the diff mounting lugs to hit against the chassis?
Any ideas on why one would bother to put it in?
Cheers, Fred
Fred & Wendy Griffiths
Calgary, Canada
mailto: griffco@cadvision.com
http://www.cadvision.com/griffco/index.htm
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