> I brought the shaft
>to a machinist locally to finish the job, and he did. BUT, he said the
>yokes were not lined up with each other(so they both are in the same
>attitude on the shaft), and he went ahead and lined them up. My question:
>is this going to affect the balance now? Or is this the way they should
>have been in the first place?
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Good machinist, keep him. That is the way they should be so that the
joint's are in proper phase to cancel each other out. If they weren't you
couldn't balance out any vibration, because it wouldn't be caused by an out
of balance condition, but an out of phase condition-
Barry Schwartz (San Diego) bschwart@pacbell.net
72 V6 Spitfire (daily driver)
70 GT6+ (when I don't drive the Spit)
70 Spitfire
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