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Re: Worn TR6 driveshaft sliding joints

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Subject: Re: Worn TR6 driveshaft sliding joints
From: ashley@chch.planet.co.nz (Ashley Southgate)
Date: Sun, 6 Aug 1995 20:26:37 +1200
>Dear Bob Lang-
>
>I've just read through your article on clunking noises from TR6 drive-trains.
>It's been a while since I looked under there - but I remember deciding that the
>(considerable) amount of lash that I have is in the sliding joints - the
>u-joints seemed tight. How common is this, do you know? Probably no cure short
>of replacing the whole driveshafts is there? It doesn't seem to be getting much
>worse, but it makes the car a little hard to drive smoothly.
>
>
>
>Pete
>
>-- 
>
>-------------------------------------------------------------------------
>Peter Barrance
>Johns Hopkins University Orthopaedic Biomechanics Lab
>5601 Loch Raven Blvd 4N
>Baltimore, MD 21239
>
>Phone: (410) 532-4492   Fax: (410) 532-4488  Email: pjb@eagle.gsh.jhu.edu
>
        hi i had this problem it turned out to be the flange on the input
        shaft diff pinion,used locktight on the shaft,clonk no more.>
>

best wishes Ashley

Ashley Southgate
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