Hi, Joe.
The shaft I disassembled and the picture in Haynes had (in each row)
alternating horizontal/vertical rollers. i.e. each row of ten rollers
had five vertical and five horizontal. As I said, Bentley's
instructions were to not disassemble the joint, which was an open
invitation to me to disassemble the joint. I don't think it had been
open before.
I will try to find more authoratative documentation.
(more of my [in]famous ascii art
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Donald.
> Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2000 20:02:44 -0700
> From: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
> CC: msp01091@isd.net, Spitfires@autox.team.net
>
> Donald,
> Let me see if I am reading this right. Are you saying that
> every other roller should be pointing in an opposite direction from
> its adjacent ones, or that the rows of rollers should be pointing in
> opposite directions?
>
> I can't see how the first possibility can work and the ones I have
> taken apart have the rollers curved sides all touching and the flat
> ends all in a row.
>
> On a different (but related) note, I took apart a spare Spitfire Mk1
> sliding shaft to see how the rollers were positioned and after
> working all the dried up grease so that the sliding piece comes off,
> I discovered that there are no rollers in that one! Oh well!
>
> Joe
>
> "Donald H. Locker" wrote:
> >
> > The rollers should be alternating; the yokes should be parallel to
> > each other. Standard driveline practice. (There was only one
> > occasion where I had to set the u-joints out of phase, and that
> > was for a driveshaft with 6 joints at various angles in a garbage
> > truck, and where the manufacturer needed a very quick fix. After
> > getting the angles set correctly, we went back to normal phasing
> > and retrofitted the few vehicles that were strange.)
> >
> > (in ascii: -O]---------------------[O- )
> >
> > FWIW, Bentley tells you not to disassemble the sliding joint, but
> > an older Haynes that I have shows the joint nicely. I could scan
> > it if anyone really wants it. And yes, someone lost the retainer
> > for you. Thank goodness you found the other rollers.
> >
> > Donald.
> >
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