It sounds like you are talking about a TR6. If so:
About the loosness and clunking. Your differential mounts are probably
broken. You have to remove the differential to see this. If the
differential has never been removed, be VERY careful removing the nuts from
the studs. Use only the amount of torque you can put on a short wrench or
short ratchet (no cheater bars). The stud can shear and then you have even
more work. (I know. It happened to me!) Use penenatrant. Use heat. Use a
grinder and cut the nut off if you need to.
As far as mount repairs, TRF sells repair parts. I fabricated my own. You
can too when you see it. If you want to.
As far as the differential repair, you might just need a seal repair. Or if
you need a differential rebuild, you can buy a rebuild. Or Ken Rankenberger
has a good write-up on how to do a rebuild.
Creig Houghtaling
St. Louis, MO
'74 TR6 (slowly being brought back to life)
In a message dated 6/24/99 7:58:57 AM Central Daylight Time,
smith007@mindspring.com writes:
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My differential is weeping, and there is that thump sound, as well as a
general looseness to the rearend. Maybe the looseness is a bit of an extreme
adjective, but I'm not happy with the feel of the car. Also I'm running the
Diamondbacks, remanufactured radials, also don't know if this is creating a
different feel to the car, other than what I'm used to. Anyway, any
suggestions on what to do? Any sources on rebuilt Diffs, has anyone bought
the rebuilt Diff. from TRF? What is the best way for me to deal with this? I
would like to retain the only lung I have left, but I am a complete
knucklehead nonmechanic, but very willing to learn.thanks
Phil Smith
(95% there) >>
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