Well I finally made it home - America is a great place in some respects. What
other country can you rent an SUV and a trailer at 4pm on a Sunday and have
the tow-truck driver lower the car so it rolls from the back of his flatbed
straight onto the trailer so you don't even have to push it on. As to my
little problem, two points - first I have a driveline vibration. That has
(and is) caused the socket head cap screws that held the adapter plates to the
diff to back out. The (third) time I tightened them - after previously
switching to 12.9 screws and using blue loctite - I put them in with red
loctite and a higher torque setting. Well the screws held, but the inner
passenger CV exploded at around 6k when I was standing on the throttle.
Secondly, I didn't buy the CVs from the vendor who's selling them now (or
rather isn't because they aren't on his website any more). I got them from the
manufacturer a long time ago. In fact the vendor - and I'm sure you all know
who I'm talking about - bent over backwards to overnight a replacement CV
joint to me down to the nearest zip to Townsend that any of the carriers (UPS,
Fedex, etc) delivered to on a Saturday. I don't know if it is the same one
that's gone south either at this point. I haven't even taken it off the
trailer yet. That's job #1 this morning after some coffee. I was nursing the
car home along I-81 and heard a bang at the rear. The whole car then started
shaking so I decided discretion was the better part of valor. I'd also like
to say thank-you to those who called me offering to help, and to the people
who stopped. Man, it was hot out there yesterday...
> From: 70tr6@mindspring.com> To: Triumphs@autox.team.net;
6pack@autox.team.net> Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 08:06:27 -0400> Subject: Re:
[6pack] Broken Down in Roanoke - Need Name of Garage> > Don't people go to the
cv joints to get away from problems?> > Several people asked about why the cv
joints were an issue, and I > wanted to clarify that we don't believe this was
the root cause. We > believe an improperly balanced driveshaft was causing the
problem. > Don't blame the c/v joints or the vendor.> > Ashford Little> '70
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