There is a "dirt guard" pressed steel ring that is on the yoke that goes
on the front of the pinion gear as it goes into the diferential. It
hides the lip seal from view. If it is loose and flopping, then the yoke
must come off to replace it on the yoke. If it is just hitting the dif
as it rotates, then pry it away with a screwdriver until it clears.
Paul
PAsgeirsson@juno.com
On Wed, 13 Jan 1999 09:33:11 -0800 (PST) Ulix Goettsch
<ulix@u.washington.edu> writes:
>Paul, my car doesn't have the ring your describe, are you sure it's
>original?
>The Datsun driveshaft had a cover like that where it enteres the
>transmission...
>
>Ulix
>
>
>On Wed, 13 Jan 1999, Paul Dolloff wrote:
>
>> List,
>>
>> Last night was a good Spritely night. If you remember, my recent
>> 5-speed conversion resulted in an unknown tranny noise.
>>
>> I took the Sprite to the guy who did the overhaul (2 bearings) on
>the
>> Datsun transmission before conversion. After a drive during which
>he
>> heard the sound, we raised it on his rack, started it, and put it in
>
>> gear. Guess what the noise was...it was being made by a ring which
>> appears to be a mud/dirt guard around the driveshaft located just
>> before the driveshaft enters the differential. Man! Was I a happy
>> camper knowing that the motor and tranny didn't have to be pulled.
>>
>> Now, how the heck do I fix this? Pull the driveshaft off? To what
>> and how does this ring attach?
>>
>> Other than that, is this conversion too cool or what? Man is it
>nice
>> to put the car in fifth and it sure doesn't take long to get used to
>
>> down shifting into first.
>>
>> I actually like the shorter travel of the clutch.
>>
>> I've got a 4.22 rear end and this is no way am I going to try the
>> 3.9.
>>
>> Needless to say, I'm an excited guy.
>>
>> Later,
>> Paul
>> --------------------------------------------------------------
>> Paul A. Dolloff, Ph.D.
>> Lexington, KY
>> 606/744-4812 ext. 389
>> '59 A/H Sprite MK I: AN5L-8073
>> '66 A/H Sprite MK III: HAN8L-59017
>> '69 A/H Sprite MK IV: Parts car
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>>
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