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Re: [TR] Installing rear IRS hubs

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Subject: Re: [TR] Installing rear IRS hubs
From: Dave1massey@cs.com
Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 21:19:04 EDT
In a message dated 9/20/2008 4:14:20 PM Central Daylight Time, 
dconnitt@fuse.net writes: 
> Hello,
> I have been trying to install the rear hubs into my '67 TR4A IRS today with
> not much luck. Everything was fine until I started to release the strain on
> the spring compressor. When I do, the hub rotates about 180 degrees and
> locks up. Seems like a U-joint issue but they are all new. I verified that
> the grease socket doesn't hit anything. It almost seems like the problem is
> that the two u-joints on the half shaft should be clocked 90 degrees from
> each other and that would solve it but the shafts are keyed so they only go
> on one way.
> Anybody run into this? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
> 
Have you attached the shocks yet?  They limit suspension travel and may stop 
this from happening.

Dave   
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