>What year Spitfire has only 1 u-joint on the drive shaft?
>Learn something new every day...
>Clark
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The latest models ('79 -'80 and possibly a little earlier) actually have
two, it's just that the front one is non-replacable. It's affectionately
known as the baked bean tin type - as the joint looks like a tin can. The
back one is a conventional cardian replaceable type while the front is a
non repairable, non replaceable constant velocity type. Why they used one
constant velocity type with a standard type is beyond me, but there must
have been a reason. It would seem to defeat the purpose of the constant
velocity joint in the first place. Besides, two standard joints in proper
phase is the same as a constant velocity joint anyway. They cancel each
other out!
Barry Schwartz (San Diego) bschwart@pacbell.net
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