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<DIV>I confess, I resisted Ron's suggestion that bad radius arms were causing clunking. But this morning as we headed out shopping, I said to my wife, "This is what Ron says I should check.? When I touched it, it moved! So I wiggled it, and it was not the bushing that was bad, the arm had fallen completely off the bushing and it was rattling around on the bolt with no bushing at all. I haven't a clue how there was enough room in there for that to happen.</DIV>
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<DIV>So much for my judgment. Ordered new arms.</DIV>
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<DIV>Michael Rowe</DIV>
<DIV>The Holy Sprite</DIV>
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<DIV>From: "Ron Soave" <<A href="mailto:soavero@yahoo.com">soavero@yahoo.com</A>></DIV>
<DIV>To: "Rick Fisk" <<A href="mailto:refisk@chartermi.net">refisk@chartermi.net</A>></DIV>
<DIV>Cc: "mdrowe" <<A href="mailto:mdrowe@optonline.net">mdrowe@optonline.net</A>>; "Spridgets@autox.team.net" <<A href="mailto:Spridgets@autox.team.net">Spridgets@autox.team.net</A>></DIV>
<DIV>Sent: 8/17/2016 6:37:48 PM</DIV>
<DIV>Subject: Re: [Spridgets] differential</DIV>
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<DIV>To add to that, the differential and the rear wheel bearings are probably the two most (only) overdesigned areas of our cars. I recently shredded the bolts holding the pinion gear on a differential due to an improperly installed limited slip. The sheared off bulkheads went round and round in the diff for many miles. The ring and pinion remained fine. (Rick, this is the crap that we saw in the oil at Gingerman. The diff is fine and in for Grattan). Michael, remove the driveshaft and remove the radius arms and check them off the car. You cannot tell health by just inspecting them in place.<BR><BR>Ron Soave</DIV>
<DIV><BR>On Aug 17, 2016, at 4:04 PM, Rick Fisk via Spridgets <<A href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net">spridgets@autox.team.net</A>> wrote:<BR><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>No. The crush washer is in there to set the preload on the bearings. Just tightening the pinion nut will change the preload and the bearings will probably fail in just a few thousand miles.<BR><BR>Sent from my keyboard</DIV>
<DIV><BR>On Aug 17, 2016, at 3:26 PM, mdrowe via Spridgets <<A href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net">spridgets@autox.team.net</A>> wrote:<BR><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>The differential I just pulled has a lot of slop in it, but it does not look worn. To my uneducated eye, it looks like the pinion is not all the way in to the ring gear because the crush washer was not torqued enough. Does that make sense? If so, can I just torque it more and see what happens?</DIV>
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