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Re: Offset Drive Shaft

To: tigers@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Offset Drive Shaft
From: cvaught@hawaii.rr.com
Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2000 11:08:13 -1000
I havr the same problem and under HARD acceleration it will rub a little. Makes
some noise but no damage. I have been meaning to see if i somehow got two of
the same side motor mounts. the rear of the tranny seems to be about 3/4" to
the passenger side. any ideas?
chris in mississippi
makin juice

>Hi:
>
>As I have reassembled my Tiger II I notice that the rear axel appears to be

>offset toward the passenger side. The consequence is that the drive shaft is

>VERY, VERY close to the rear of the tunnel on the passenger side (about 1/2

>to 3/4 inch gap when you drop a line from the rear edge of the tunnel).
>
>Since the axel fits onto a pin built into the springs I do not see any way

>that I could have misassembled things. I do not see any way to shift the
>axel assembly to either side.
>
>I am worried that the drive shaft is so close to the rear tunnel that it may

>in fact touch it when the car is driven hard around a right turn.
>
>I would be grateful for any advice on this. Should I be worried or is this

>simply a normal manufacturing misalignment - the car clearly has been driven

>for years with this problem (assuming I have indeed assembled things
>correctly....)?
>
>Cheers,
>
>Wayne

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