In the nearly 30 years I have been working on these I have yet to mess with that nut.
Sent from my iPhone > On May 9, 2017, at 7:14 PM, OK Don via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Then none of the 10 or so cars I've replaced the disks on have had tghe nut > properly tightened. They all slid back easily. > > On Tue, May 9, 2017 at 7:08 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> Then someone didn’t tighten the nut when they were done. It’s supposed to >> be tightened and by doing so you limit the fore and aft movement of the >> shaft. >> >> -D >> >> >>> On May 9, 2017, at 8:06 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> Every car I have worked on it pretty much slid back without loosing the >> big nut. >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On May 9, 2017, at 6:48 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Yes, you slide the drive shaft back AFTER you loosen the big nut on >> it. Under normal operation it doesn’t move fore and aft. >>>> >>>> -D >>>> >>>> >>>>> On May 9, 2017, at 7:30 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Dude you slide the shaft back to get the flex disk out, so it's for >> quite a bit of lateral movement >>>>> >>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>> >>>>>> On May 9, 2017, at 5:50 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> except that really does not happen. this is not a f150 where the >> Diff flops up, down and sideways and the splines have to slide. The trans >> is fixed. the center bearing point is fixed, and the diff is fixed. Yes >> each will move a little due to flexing and vibration, but in practice the >> driveshaft length only varies by a mm or so. I have seen some with splines >> rusted together. >>>>>> >>>>>>> Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> >>>>>>> May 9, 2017 at 4:44 PM >>>>>>> What he said…. >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________ >>>>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>>>> >>>>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>>>> >>>>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________ >>>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>>> >>>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>>> >>>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________ >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>> >>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>> >>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > > > -- > OK Don > > *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of > our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain > > "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who > learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence > for themselves." > > WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* > 2013 F150, 18 mpg > 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg > 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
