Hey, thanks to everyone! I got a whole new shaft that seems to be in
good shape, and I'll be replacing the U-joints, seal, and bushing, and
should be making a danger to myself and everything else on the road in
a week or two, or as much of a danger as 60 MPH can present.
Still somewhat mystified as to the wear on the shaft -- it's all on
one side, as if it were badly out of balance or had a bad U-joint ..
Perhaps this damage is old and the cause is long gone ..
On 7/17/06, Barry Hayes <bhayes@cs.stanford.edu> wrote:
> The rear transmission seal of the electric Alpine is shot, and that
> part I can find. But the yoke is pretty badly chewed up, and the u
> joints could use a replacement. Anyone have a yoke they didn't have
> big plans for? 1967 Series V .. I can't find one at Sunbeam
> Specialties, but that's just browsing their catalog, and I couldn't
> even find the catalog entry for it.
>
> Oh, and say .. Is it normal for the radius of the yoke to vary? It's
> fat up by the spines for about an inch, then maybe 5 or 6 inches
> thinner by about 1/10 inch or so diameter, then fattens out again.
> Very approximate measures, since the part is not in my hands at the
> moment, and I'm too damn lazy to find out accurate .. If that's not
> normal, something has done some pretty bad thing to that yoke ..
> -Barry
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> bhayes yat cs dot stanford dot edu is what you should put in your
> contact files -- it'll forward to me no matter where I move
>
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bhayes yat cs dot stanford dot edu is what you should put in your
contact files -- it'll forward to me no matter where I move
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