For the later-model Spits with the CV-joint propshafts, there was a
service bulletin recommending that the shaft be re-installed
with the joint in the back.
The reason for this was simply that it was difficult to slide
the bigger end of the shaft up the tunnel without getting stuck.
I doubt that it makes any difference which end is forward,
assuming the shaft is in balance, etc.
Doug Braun
'72 Spit
At 11:27 AM 3/17/2003 +0100, you wrote:
>Hi Listers,
>
>This weekend I refited the propshaft and when I rechecked the correct
>position I noticed that two of my original mk3 documents, the Mk3 Part
>Catalogue and the Spitfire Mk3 Handbook had completely contradictory
>position for the propshaft. According to the catalogue, the telescopic
>end comes to gear box, but on one of the handbook pics (p.55) the
>telescopic end situated at the differential. Finally I chosen the first,
>because that is how it had been fitted earlier.
>Does anyone knows why this difference is? Which one is good?
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