Why are you using a spring compressor? All you need to do in heck up the
car on that side, then put a second jack under the trailing arm, and lift it
a bit. Then unbolt the shock link for the arm, then gently lower the arm
until the spring disengages. Then remove the spring and lift the arm back
into "normal" position on the second jack. THen you can unbolt the hub from
the trailing arm and slife out the outer half of the halfshaft Wire the 2
halves of the half shaft together, or allow the outer half of the halfshaft
to come free from the inner half.
When the yokes in both sides of the Y-joints are correct the U-joint has an
almost "loose" articulation.
-Tony
----- Original Message ----- > Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 17:13:05 -0400
> From: "Dave Connitt" <dconnitt@fuse.net>
> Subject: [TR] Installing rear IRS hubs
> To: "Triumphs" <triumphs@autox.team.net>
> Message-ID: <PEEJLAELKFPOJKJPBHFPOEPOFBAA.dconnitt@fuse.net>
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>
> 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.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Dave Connitt
> '67 TR4A
> http://home.fuse.net/davestr4a
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