[6pack] Differential Carrier Bearing Shims

[Robert M. Lang]

On Thu, 1 Jul 2010, Glenn Franco wrote:

> Maybe I'm missing something in the conversation but the biggest cause of 
> clunk in these TR6's is usually worn or broken mounts that need to be
> replaced. Urethane mounting parts seem to work the best.

Actually, that's not completely true. There are a bunch of places in the 
rear driveline that can cause clunks, the mounts being just one. Everyone 
seems to like to document the broken mounts because - well, I don't know 
exactly why, but it seems to make good material for web sites and stuff 
like that.

:-)

But excessive backlash in the spider (aka sun/planet) gears, improper 
end-float on the pinion bearings and then there's the other stuff like 
failed u-joint bearings and the ever popular sliding spline wear thing can 
all contribute to the clunk experience on TR6's. And they all seem to 
contribute to the ever popular "replace everything" scenario that many of 
us wind up experiencing.

If you have clunks, you pretty much have to look at everything above, not 
just one thing.

At least that's my experience.

> Good Luck
> Glenn
> 71,72 TR6, TR250 and Spit race car

regards,
rml

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