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Sorry, 2 question in 2 days... I have a bad vibration over 50mph. I have replaced/checked the usual items (wheel bearings, replaced unis etc). Checking things one at a time. Anyway, that is not my question! Spoke to a driveline workshop. Said I can bring it down & they can balance out of the car. A couple of questions (prefer independent of the shop) a. On several posts, it is mentioned that the yoke should be refitted into the box exactly as it was removed. How i this possible if the shaft is balanced out of the car? b. Uni's replaced <200miles ago. If the shaft was found to be out of balance , would I need to replace those with new ones again? Any insight appreciated :) Goodness, the head fills up with problems that occur in old cars. Wouldn't have it any other way though! Thanks, Paul. Edited by user Wednesday, 29 August 2007 6:36:20 AM(UTC)
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Is it a new tailshaft?, or has the car just developed a vibration?
The unis should be OK. If it's a good driveline shop, they'll replace them if they need to.
I've never heard of any reason to put it in exactly as it came out. The tailshaft should be ne
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Is it a new tailshaft?, or has the car just developed a vibration?
The unis should be OK. If its a good driveline shop, theyll replace them if they need to.
Ive never heard of any reason to put it in exactly as it came out. The tailshaft should be neutr
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Thanks a heap. Not new, a shortened shaft from years gone by though. Was mainly worried it had to be matched to my car. One of the comments I saw on another site was
if your vibration was there before you changed unis and is still there you will find
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i think what they mean is when you fit the uni's you can put the front yoke 180 deg around from where it was. if you know what i mean.
when the shaft is balanced it would be balanced with unis fitted and yoke fitted so if the yoke was fitted 180 deg a |
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i think what they mean is when you fit the unis you can put the front yoke 180 deg around from where it was. if you know what i mean.
when the shaft is balanced it would be balanced with unis fitted and yoke fitted so if the yoke was fitted 180 deg ar |
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Aaahhh. Thanks for that. Wasn't aware it was balanced with the unis/yoke attached. Just told the chap I would bring down my shaft & he said nothing more. Has it ever been balanced? No idea. Shortened and she is an unknown quantity!
Cheers for the info
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Aaahhh. Thanks for that. Wasnt aware it was balanced with the unis/yoke attached. Just told the chap I would bring down my shaft & he said nothing more. Has it ever been balanced? No idea. Shortened and she is an unknown quantity!
Cheers for the info.
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no wukers i think they are balanced with the unis/yoke. see how you go. goodluck. Edited by user Thursday, 30 August 2007 5:26:52 PM(UTC)
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Paul you mentioned that it was a shortened tailshaft.If this problem has only started after fitting this tailshaft. I would check that it is the correct length for the car ie that the front yoke is going far enough in to the back of the gearbox. All the t Edited by user Friday, 31 August 2007 9:21:23 AM(UTC)
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talking of tailshafts i always put some grease inside the spline of the yoke takes up any noisy slap when engaging drive or reverse it may not be a new idea just a help cheers
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Paul
That story you read about putting the yoke back the right way or it will be out of phase applies to a different type of shaft from the one you have.
You may have noticed on many cars that the rear end of the shaft consists of a uni and a small
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