Listers, Thanks to all who responded to my first inquiry last week on my Rumbling Spit. You guys pretty much covered all the potential problems and I checked out all that I could and found two problems. The flange on the diff was definitely bent. This is where the gap where they mate was. I changed the flange, remated the shaft and everything there now looks good. I was using early Spit driveshaft bolts which to my surprise are smaller in diameter than late Spit or GT6. Duh! My Bad! The front ones were pretty loose. So I have the right bolts in now and everything is tight.
However, I still see "run out" when I rotate the shaft. Not as much as before but enough that I am concerned. This is a late Spitfire OD driveshaft with the CV joint upfront mounted to the gearbox instead of a u-joint. The slight out of round rotation appears the be coming from this end now. There is only a little play in the joint. Should I put the exhaust back on (pain in the butt) and take her for a ride (also a pain since it is all snowy, slick and nasty here in NE Ohio) hoping that she will be all smoothed out at speed or is this "run out" I am seeing a sure indication that she is going to continue to Rumble? Thanks in advance for any comments, I know this is a Tuff One. Darrell /// [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list /// Send admin requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive /// Send list postings to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// Edit your replies! If they include this trailer, they will NOT be sent.
