Hi Ken
The problem you describe is well known to me, my solution is to first drive
the clip round the groove with an old screw driver and hammer, if the clip
has the loops on the end put the screwdriver blade against the outside edge
of the loop (reduces the risk of breaking the loop and stopping you getting
it out though this has not happened to me) if it is the type with the bent
ends then just drive it round. What you are trying to achieve is having the
gap in the clip in a different place. Doing this should free the stuck
portion of the clip. If this fails then pop a socket in there and give it a
whack!
Graham.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nancy and Ken Streeter" <knstreeter@attbi.com>
To: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2002 9:03 PM
Subject: TR6 U-Joint Circlip Removal Tricks and Splined Shaft Rebuild
Question...
> I am in the process of replacing a worn u-joint on my TR6 driveshaft
> and have a couple of questions:
>
> 1 - Despite my best efforts, one of the u-joints on the driveshaft is
> being stubborn, in that all 4-circlips retaining that u-joint
> refuse to come out, despite my use of liquid wrench and my use
> of circlip / snap-ring pliers. (The other u-joint had a different
> type of circlip which came out without any hassle.) My question
> for the list is whether or not there are any tricks that I should
> use to remove stubborn, stuck circlips? The problem is that the
> circlips are stuck or bound at some point along their length, so
> that squeezing the circlip with the circlip pliers does not free
> the entire length of the circlip, but simply flexes the free
> portion of the clip. Any ideas?
>
> 2 - While I have the driveshaft out of the car, what is the list
> consensus as to what, if anything, should be done in rebuilding
> the splined section of the driveshaft. My factory manual for the
> TR6 doesn't list any procedures for rebuilding the shaft, even
> though the manual depicts the splined shaft. However, my Haynes TR6
> manual has a one-sentence instruction along the lines of "fit the
> dust cap, steel washer, and a new cork gasket over the splined part
> of the propeller shaft." If I do disassemble the splined shaft, are
> there any suggestions as to what to use for a lubricant? There seems
> to be very little, if any lubricant on my currently disassembled
> driveshaft. It seems to me that without a rubber boot over the
> whole thing that regular axle bearing grease may retain dirt and
> actually hasten wear. Suggestions?
>
> Thanks!
>
> --ken
> Well-driven '70 & '74 TR6s
>
> --
> Ken Streeter | mailto:knstreeter@attbi.com
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