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Re: UJs - Do them NOW

To: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>
Subject: Re: UJs - Do them NOW
From: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2001 07:13:38 -0700
Richard,
Not only is the flange different, but very likely the shaft is 1" shorter that 
the one it is to be replacing.  

Joe

Richard B Gosling wrote:
> 
> Further to the UJ saga....
> 
> Spent 3 hours last night stripping a UJ flange off a S/H driveshaft obtained
>  from TRGB, fitting a new UJ, replacing the snapped handbrake lever on the 
>hub,
>  replacing the handbrake cable, all going as well as I could hope for,
>  everything going back together fine, when....
> 
> I tried to bolt the UJ flange back onto the differential.  Bolt wouldn't go 
>in.
> Hmm, wierd.  I spend some time fiddling before my tired and frustrated mind
>  realised THE HOLES DID NOT LINE UP!  I guess the driveshaft I picked up must
>  have been from an earlier Spit, and it used a different pitch circle diameter
>  for the bolt holes on the flange.  It never occurred to me that all Spits
>  would not be the same.
> 
> So, two more salutory messages:
> First, most directly - ALL UJ FLANGES ARE NOT THE SAME, for no obvious reason
>  at all Triumph changed them at some point.
> Second, more generally - ALWAYS MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE RIGHT PART, AND THAT IT
>  WILL FIT, BEFORE YOU WASTE 3 HOURS TRYING TO FIT IT!
> 
> This morning I came to work via TRGB (my wife kindly gave me a lift, then
>  dropped me at the train station, making her well late for work, she's 
>lovely),
>  picked up yet another spare driveshaft, made sure it was the right one by
>  comparing to the broken flange I had bought with me, and today I will try for
>  the THIRD time to sort it all out!
> 
> Richard & Daffy

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