[TR] 73 Triumph GT6 left half shaft wobble.

[ptegler]

Martin... from the video your shaft looks straight,,,,, but the visible 
'up-down' motion you can see of the inner end of the shaft is telling me 
your u-joint is off center.

This does not necessarily mean the joint or yokes are bad, as these days 
there is enough free play in the end cap to clip dimensions to allow a bit 
of offset of the center of the u-joint to  the centerline of the yoke.

This can be rectified with either thicker clips, or the proverbial 'coins' 
cut from a soda can as spacer shims between clips and u-joint bearing caps 
to take up the slack and center the u-joint.



Paul Tegler
ptegler at verizon.net
www.teglerizer.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "M. Secrest" <moira.secrest at verizon.net>
To: <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, June 08, 2013 11:56 AM
Subject: Re: [TR] 73 Triumph GT6 left half shaft wobble.


> If you forward to :50 seconds in the video you get the best view of the 
> axle
> wobble. The ujoint isn't making noise, but I didn't check it out 
> thoroughly.
>
> Sent by my butler
>
> On Jun 8, 2013, at 11:50 AM, "M. Secrest" <moira.secrest at verizon.net> 
> wrote:
>
>> Long story short: late last year I removed the rear axles in my 73 GT6 so 
>> a
> shop could renew the bearings. I put them back in and drive it for a few
> months. Today I had the car on stands for another reason when I saw this 
> bad
> wobble in the left shaft (see YouTube video).  Doesn't it look like the 
> shaft
> is bent?  I didn't hit anything with it.
>>
>> Martin Secrest
>> Arlington VA
>>
>>
>> Check out this video on YouTube:
>>
>> http://youtu.be/O3F_TA9YkPs
>>
>>
>> Sent by my butler
>
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