> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-triumphs@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-triumphs@autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Graham Stretch
>
> A friend of ours came to the club meeting last night and was bemoaning
> spending several hundred pounds of hard found cash on her gorgeous
> Spitfire
> 1500, chasing a ticking noise, which I suggested was a half shaft UJ, but
> every time she asked me to listen the noise stopped, so I wasn't sure! The
> UJ's are new in appearance, though I know it could be the yoke is
> elongated.
Hi Graham.
Depending on who replaced the UJs, it's quite possible (even likely?) that
they've been set loose, as on the propshaft. Oversize circlips (thick) need
to be used to set the joints tight. Any endfloat across the spider manifests
itself as ticking as the wheel rotates,
Cheers,
Bill.
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