The transmission is relatively fixed. The diff is not, it is mounted to
the subcarrier which does move. I would not tighten the ds clamp or the
carrier bracket until its down. The manual says not to do it until after
the crossmember is bolted in. All I know is that I tightened everything
on the ground and never had vibrations, others who did not do it on the
ground did. I have swapped 4? trans now and done it the same way every time.
-Rolf
On 09/14/2010 04:24 PM, Dieselhead wrote:
Does on a 'merican solid rear axle. On an MB, the transmission is
relatively fixed, and the diff is relatively fixed. Any change in
driveshaft length is minimal, in the range of a few thousandths, due
to flex of the rubber mounts for engine, trans and diff.
Vibration can come from bad mounts, especially motor mounts, Bad flex
disks, bad u-joint, or bad carrier bearing support. Other times
vibration comes from the driveshaft being separated and not put back
in the right spline. Mark your driveshaft halves for alignment while
it is still on the car!
Rolf wrote:
Do not tighten the clamp nut on the DS unless the car is on ramps or
the wheels are supported.
The driveshaft changes length with weight on the suspension???
Mitch.
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