Tail shaft won't line up
#1
Posted 08 October 2017 - 01:52 PM
#2
Posted 08 October 2017 - 02:44 PM
G'day Shayne,
I'm a little unclear on what problem you're having, I assume you mean the uni joint now seems too wide for the diff yoke?
If that's the case, and all the same components that came out are going back in, you almost certainly have a needle roller out of position in the bearing cup? You would need to slide the cups off the uni, repack the needle rollers in grease and carefully slide them back on.
While you're in there, inspect the running surfaces of the rollers, trunnion and cup... basically if there are any marks/pits/chattering/whatever on the case hardened surfaces then you should be replacing the joint. Likewise if there is any movement/slop in the joint once assembled.
The reason I mention this is that the rollers in a new uni joint usually pack in pretty tight even without grease, they don't normally move around unless there's a little wear 'n tear?
#3
Posted 08 October 2017 - 03:12 PM
#4
Posted 08 October 2017 - 03:35 PM
So are you saying the tailshaft won't slide backwards far enough? Or that one of the cups seems to be too big in diameter for the yoke?
Sorry I don't understand exactly what's not lining up? Is there any way you can post up some pics of the problem?
#5
Posted 08 October 2017 - 04:40 PM
#6
Posted 08 October 2017 - 05:17 PM
Maybe one of the roller bearings in the cap has fallen out of place and your cup is sitting further out of the uni and causing the C-clip on the cup to foul on the pinion.
#7
Posted 08 October 2017 - 05:25 PM
#8 _76lxJAS_
Posted 08 October 2017 - 06:17 PM
Just a maybe?
#9
Posted 08 October 2017 - 06:51 PM
also check that the uni cup is full centred there is sometimes a barely noticable lip that the uni cup sits inside of, also i would fit both sides up and tighten u bolts evenly to avoid it being pulled out of centre
#10
Posted 08 October 2017 - 10:35 PM
#11
Posted 09 October 2017 - 08:41 PM
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