Another thought here...I have seen the flange/yoke holes deformed by a worn
u-joint rattling around in there too long (Damn that PO) before being
replaced. So the flange/yoke hole may be misshapen somehow. You need to
carefully inspect the whole assembly, and likely will need to remove it from
the car. Do this after you have ruled out other 'obvious' possibilities.
Terrence Banbury
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> From: Douglas Braun & Nadia
> Papakonstantinou[SMTP:dougnad@bellatlantic.net]
> Reply To: Douglas Braun & Nadia Papakonstantinou
> Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2000 9:33 AM
> To: Barry Schwartz; Jeff McNeal; spitfires@autox.team.net
> Cc: spitfires@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Clicking wheels / good news
>
>
> Another potential problem is that the U-joint cups can become loose in
> their
> holes in the yokes. The metal of the yokes can apparently expand after
> much
> use. You can spot this problem because the cups will creep round and
> round,
> and the top of the cup will be shiny under the circlips where it has been
> rubbing against the circlip.
>
> The only sure cure is to replace the flange and/or axle shaft.
> Probably you could replace just the yoke on the axle shaft, but
> you would need a jumbo press! Possibly one of those Permatex
> or Loctite products could fill the gap around the cup...
>
> Doug Braun
> '72 Spit
>
> At 06:09 PM 4/6/00 -0700, Barry Schwartz wrote:
>
> >Jeff,
> >While you may have replaced them, or they may have been replaced, if you
> >didn't check the end float it may still be your u-joints. If you have
> >disregard the latter.
>
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