Richard,
Thanks for the info - I think my problems are half sorted with
tightening up the bolts... but perhaps need to be tightened further...
but I'll get new nyloc's first... even more scary was the way that the
nuts on the propshaft were all worn away on one side - I shall take a
photo when
James,
Unless the diff is locked, or a super limited-slip-type one, I would not be
at all surprised if your wheels spin at different rates while off the ground
- the chances that the drag from bearings and brake adjustment is absolutely
identical on both sides is low! I would guess that your brak
Thanks. I didn't have any vibration, so I keep the current config.
peter
-Original Message-
From: Douglas Braun [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 2:35 PM
To: Bsna, Piter, VF-Hungary; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: propshaft
For the later-model Spits with t
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From: Douglas Braun [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 6:23 PM
To: Daniel Parrott; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: propshaft
I bet it's the trunnion joint (the joint with the plastic sleeves). I had
the same
symptoms once, and it disappeared after I rebuilt the joint on th
Sometimes the moving parts can be partly seized up, and if you simply
try to wiggle them by hand, they will appear to be tight, but the
higher forces of acceleration, braking, etc., can cause them to
give, often with a ugly sound.
Once I had a strap-style driveshaft where the telescoping joint
(w
I bet it's the trunnion joint (the joint with the plastic sleeves). I had the same
symptoms once, and it disappeared after I rebuilt the joint on that
side.
Doug Braun
'72 Spit
At 05:52 PM 3/17/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>My 1980 Spit has been experiencing a little problem of late. Almost every
>t
Daniel Parrott wrote:
>
> My 1980 Spit has been experiencing a little problem of late. Almost every
> time I take off from a standing start, I hear a "thunk" from the left rear
> tire area. At first, I thought it was a stone under the left wheel that
> shot out from under the tire under accelera
My 1980 Spit has been experiencing a little problem of late. Almost every
time I take off from a standing start, I hear a "thunk" from the left rear
tire area. At first, I thought it was a stone under the left wheel that
shot out from under the tire under acceleration, hitting the wheel well. It
"Bsna, Piter, VF-Hungary" wrote:
>
> Hi Listers,
>
> This weekend I refited the propshaft and when I rechecked the correct
> position I noticed that two of my original mk3 documents, the Mk3 Part
> Catalogue and the Spitfire Mk3 Handbook had completely contradictory
> position for the propshaft.
For the later-model Spits with the CV-joint propshafts, there was a
service bulletin recommending that the shaft be re-installed
with the joint in the back.
The reason for this was simply that it was difficult to slide
the bigger end of the shaft up the tunnel without getting stuck.
I doubt that
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