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Re: Tranny Noise

To: nosimport@mailbag.com
Subject: Re: Tranny Noise
From: pasgeirsson@juno.com (Paul A Asgeirsson)
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 01:56:10 EST
Cc: pasgeirsson@juno.com, ulix@u.washington.edu, pauld@ekpc.com, spridgets@autox.team.net
References: <Pine.OSF.4.05.9901130931520.32214-100000@saul10.u.washington.edu>
Reply-to: pasgeirsson@juno.com (Paul A Asgeirsson)
Sender: owner-spridgets@autox.team.net
Good idea, the dimpleing.  All LBCs need dimples.  They're so cute and
cuddly!

Paul

PAsgeirsson@juno.com

On Wed, 13 Jan 1999 15:26:13 -0800 Peter C <nosimport@mailbag.com>
writes:
>I used to "dimple" the part that it was meant to be on and push it 
>back on.
>Sometimes that was permanant, sometimes I had to dimple it a lot!
>Hey Ulix, the cars in your sig are blowin up!
>Peter C
>--
>At 03:53 PM 1/13/99 -0500, Paul A Asgeirsson wrote:
>>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
>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> 
>>>
>>>    Ulix                                       __/__,__      
>>>___/__|\__  
>>>..............................................(_o____o_)....<_O_____O_/...
>>>                                              '67 Sprite     '74 
>X1/9
>>>
>>>
>> 
>


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