Within the threaded cup that screws onto the sliding extension there
should be a thin flat washer with an ID that fits over the splined
piece (allows it to be installed), then a felt washer (soaked in oil
to keep dust out) then a thin spring washer (looks like a spring lock
washer, but quite thin and with an ID that doesn't fit over the end of
the splined piece. This spring washer is the part that actually does
the retaining.
To assemble, the threaded cup and the flat washer are installed, and
the felt washer (all soaked in oil) is mashed over the splined section
into the cup. Finally, the spring washer is fitted by twisting it out
of plane, placing over the splined section and mashing it back flat
and into the cup. Finally, the splines are greased, the rollers and
retainers set in place, the female piece of the splined joint fitted
over the rollers and male piece, and then the threaded cup screwed on.
HTH.
Donald.
> Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2000 11:40:59 -0500
> From: "R.D. Waid" <msp01091@isd.net>
>
> Don,
> Thank you for the information. What does the retainer look like? Is it a metal
> or rubber washer of some type?
>
> Bob Waid
> FK4081L
> ----------
> >From: "Donald H. Locker" <dhl@chelseamsl.com>
> >To: msp01091@isd.net
> >Subject: Re: Driveshafted, Part 2
> >Date: Tue, Jun 6, 2000, 8:39 PM
> >
>
> >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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