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drivetrain wear tolerances?
1969 SIIa 88
while working on the Landy over the weekend I noticed a little bit of wear in a couple places - wondering what the real effective tolerance is for these (Kentuck Windage):
front propshaft u-joint - small amount of slop in the u-joint itself in one axis - unscientifically I would call it maybe 1/16" to 1/8" inch when rotating the joint by hand whilst simultaneously keeping the propshaft from moving.
rear propshaft splines - small amount of slop in the splines with wheels on ground and braked and rotating prop-shaft by hand I can detect perhaps 1/32" to 1/16" slop in the rear - front prop-shaft has none.
rear diff - with one wheel jacked up and brake on etc, the brake drum can be rotated maybe 4" before taking up the slack in the ring gear - this happens on both wheels.
Just wondering if any of these should be attended to or do I leave then alone until they get massively worse - ie; "that's not wear! THIS is WEAR....!!!"
Mike
while working on the Landy over the weekend I noticed a little bit of wear in a couple places - wondering what the real effective tolerance is for these (Kentuck Windage):
front propshaft u-joint - small amount of slop in the u-joint itself in one axis - unscientifically I would call it maybe 1/16" to 1/8" inch when rotating the joint by hand whilst simultaneously keeping the propshaft from moving.
rear propshaft splines - small amount of slop in the splines with wheels on ground and braked and rotating prop-shaft by hand I can detect perhaps 1/32" to 1/16" slop in the rear - front prop-shaft has none.
rear diff - with one wheel jacked up and brake on etc, the brake drum can be rotated maybe 4" before taking up the slack in the ring gear - this happens on both wheels.
Just wondering if any of these should be attended to or do I leave then alone until they get massively worse - ie; "that's not wear! THIS is WEAR....!!!"
Mike
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