Good for you Bill, much better to ask questions than just blindly
blunder along.
1. Yes
2. Also, yes.
3. The spider is the u-joint.
Lonn Howard
'70 TR6 -mine
'71 TR6 -in my garage
'70 MGB GT -ours
'89 Saab Turbo Convertible -hers
"We are but temporary custodians with an obligation of preservation."
----- Original Message -----
From: Bill Saidel <saidel@crab.rutgers.edu>
To: <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, May 01, 1999 5:03 AM
Subject: Dumb owner's questions-re U-joint replacement
>Here's some ultradumb questions that I would never have the nerve to
ask in
>person re removing the driveshaft/propeller to replace u-joints.
>
>1. with my car ('76B) on blocks and in gear, how do I rotate the
driveshaft to gain
>access to the non-accessable flange bolts...do I put it in neutral and
force
>it from below?
>2. I noticed in Haynes, p. 139, the bolt heads at both ends point
towards the
>flange. In my vehicle,the PO installed the front flange with the bolt
head
>pointing towards the transmission - which means I cannot remove the
bolt.
>BUT...the bolt heads are not completely round...there is a ?word
choice?
>sanded or filed end so the bolt head abuts the flange flat and against
a
>dohickey (?another word?) connected to the transmission half of the
flange.
>
>Is this the normal set up?
>
>3. p.138 of Haynes, last paragraph right side(Dismantling) makes
reference to
>"spiders"-"...extract the spiders from the yokes."
>What does spiders mean?
>
>Despite my ignorance, I'm 5/8ths of the way to removing the shaft. But
the
>last 3/8ths are 90% of my confusion.
>
>TIA,
>Bill
>
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