Subject: RE: Woe and Misery
Author: scott grupe
Date: Feb 4, 2004, 4:07 PM
Post ID: 1715950962
Bummer, I would replace them as a set as in auto applications.
Got mine apart and u make me nervous. Everything feels smooth and no
bits n pieces. However...the driveshaft support bearing was cracked in
the inner race and had two small chips missing on each side of crack.
??? Go figure how that happened. Some what excessive slop between inner
race and u-joint so maybe that caused it, who knows.
Im replacing every bearing I can get my hands on easily just to start
from new and known while it is apart.
scott
'74 eldo police
'86 Lemanns
'75 Norton
'82 Shovel(sturgis, built motor, kick, spokes, 5.5 fat bobs, bob
tail,too fast and BAD to the BONE.)
'72 Series IIA LR
'54 PA22/20 tri-pacer to pacer conversion for u wing nuts
Ah,last but not least...the Black Shadow:)...just kidding:(
H.Alex Balogi wrote:
I've been puttn' the '74 LAPD back together and was cleaning/checking the rear drive assy... a little metal came out of the sump and the pinion's shaft didn't move smoothly. So I figure OK now's the time to check the ring and pinion. Well I found what some of the vibration was about... the pinion is shot. Heavy pitting and the top of most of the teeth are busted... the ring gear looks OK... so far. The bearings turn smoothly. I understand that the ring and pinion are a matched set. Anyone have any ideas? HDot 73 V7 Sport basket 74 LAPD 78 LeMans 62 R50/2 |