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Re: [TR] TR driveshaft U-joints

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Subject: Re: [TR] TR driveshaft U-joints
From: carlsereda <carlsereda@aol.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2010 11:37:51 -0800
Gary,
Seems the factory balance on the TR drive shafts was pretty good but someti=
mes a slight and difficult to locate vibration is caused by a slightly off =
balanced driveshaft. I have changed a dozen u-joints in the past but this t=
ime decided to take my cleaned-by-me driveshaft (I had bought a used shaft =
with better slider joint splines than my 200,000 mile original) to a local =
'driveline' shop from Yellow Pages (these guys do hundreds of shafts a mont=
h). I provided my own Hardy-Spicer u-joints. The owner of shop welded two w=
ashers the size of dime and a nickel in a couple different places to fine t=
une the balance - then painted all black. The charge; $50.00.=A0
Good luck with whatever you do.
Carl
'63TR4 since '74
Since I'm restoring a tr-3 ground up I decided to renew the u-joints. How i=
n=A0
the H is one supposed to get the caps off? The book says drive the cap out=
=A0
until it's proud of the surface and then pull out with your fingers. UH HUH=
=A0
lol. Maybe from a fairly new car but from one with 50 yrs. of rust? There's=
 no=A0
way to pull them out..........nothing to grip.
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