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In pursuit of further squeaking, I have found I am getting noise from the front suspension when bouncing the car, but haven't been able to identify where from so far.
I include a short video clip and any thoughts are appreciated.
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26 minutes ago, Badwolf said:
Easiest thing to do with a novice assistant is simply to put tape on the pedal of your choice and write on it in large friendly letters... "this one please".
Or use 9 year old granddaughter instead
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31 minutes ago, Wagger said:
If you elimiated the endfloat, used Loctite and there are no clicking noises now, you are going to be ok.
I get paranoia after all of these jobs especially as I have a 2500 engine delivering power through these shafts designed for far less torque. The pin securing the yoke to the spline on the drive-shaft looks too small for the job too. This never worried me in the 1970's, so why now?
The drive shafts just need to be stronger than the diff. It's a safety feature lol
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11 minutes ago, NonMember said:
No, it has the pedals in the right place. It's just that most modern cars have this great big intrusive wheel arch preventing them from putting the accelerator where it should be, so everything's one place to the left. 😛
You are welcome to "discuss" this with her if you want to 🙉
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1 minute ago, Wagger said:
If you elimiated the endfloat, used Loctite and there are no clicking noises now, you are going to be ok.
I get paranoia after all of these jobs especially as I have a 2500 engine delivering power through these shafts designed for far less torque. The pin securing the yoke to the spline on the drive-shaft looks too small for the job too. This never worried me in the 1970's, so why now?
Yes, there are many things that concern me now that I wouldn't have given a second thought to when I was young.
Most of it can be explained by having been mostly in a state of blissful ignorance and having complete and utter confidence in my own invulnerability.
Oh, and beer 🙂
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Before we leave this subject, I enlisted the help of Mrs Cliff to assist in bleeding the brakes and I was confused because despite me shouting out up and down several times and her shouting back a confirmation, there was no sign of any fluid appearing.
Lifted the bonnet to check the fluid level and it hadn't moved.
Asked her if the pedal was difficult to depress and she said it was very easy.
Told her to try again but didn't open the bleed nipple and it still went to the floor easily.
At this point I got up and went round to the passenger door, sighed and informed her that she had her foot on the clutch 🙄
It wasn't her fault though, it was because the stupid car had the pedals in the wrong place 🤨
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1 hour ago, johny said:
yes dont think you can get the yokes for the driveshaft on their own as believe theyre pressed on so difficult to do at home...
Yes, when I said yoke I probably should have said flange.
In hindsight, I should have ordered a driveshaft and a flange but wasn't to know until I started fitting it.
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1 hour ago, johny said:
hmmm I'll give it go if your loctite doesnt work out Cliff....
Might be worth trying to save the cost and effort of replacing a worn driveshaft but replacement yokes seem to be fairly inexpensive.
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1 hour ago, Pete Lewis said:
it would take a lot of effort to reform the yoke you would need a big vice or a press but this can upset the flatness of the flange if its the coupling end
if on the shaft end then not ,
think any idea of bending a yoke can mess with the concentricity , a spread yoke is just as bad
a tolerance of 0,003 to 0.005" runout would be the std of the day
Pete
Probably for the best that I didn't think of doing that then lol
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14 minutes ago, johny said:
A low back end does help handling up to a certain point though...
Yes, it does seem to go round bends well.
Gives quite a few drivers of modern cars a shock when they decide to follow me at close distance 🤭
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54 minutes ago, johny said:
Probably the spring leaves have stuck on each other a bit and I think it'll settle back down within a few miles...
That would be a shame. Was hoping it had saved me another job 🙂
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I have just noticed something really strange.
Ever since I've had the car it has had rather a saggy rear end but since my test drive, it appears to now be riding at least an inch or two higher and there is far less negative camber at the rear wheels.
Wondering if it was something I have caused in some way but it's equal on both sides and I haven't touched the other one yet.
Could it be that the car has been up on axle stands for nearly a week with no weight on the spring?
Like the opposite of "settling" 🤔
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10 minutes ago, johny said:
I wonder if its also possible to gently squeeze the yoke in a vice to ensure the the cap is a tighter fit....
Hmm, possibly. Why didn't I think of that earlier lol
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1 hour ago, Wagger said:
There is a bit of difference between sizes of replacement bearing cups, as much as 0.002 inch. Quite a few different makes around. Loctite may do the job if really clean and do use the thicker circlips or it will wear even more. You might have to replace the yokes.
In the long distant past I had parts nickel plated to take up wear.
That is what I have done so time will tell.
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1 hour ago, johny said:
sounds like two steps forward😁How did you stop the cap rotating as I think I have one that does the same?
Yes, I had to dismantle stuff I had already done and then do it properly several times.
I used the slightly thicker circlips and a loctite equivalent on the caps. If it doesn't last I will know to get a new yoke.
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Well, if the dismantling was surprisingly easy, the rebuild has been a pain, but mainly my fault. Several silly mistakes made, probably due to having too many other issues on my mind 🥺 But got there in the end and at least the UJ caps aren't moving now. Just completed a test drive with the hood up, so I could anything untoward. The original noise has gone, (although there might be a new one), nothing broke or fell off and the trunnion was just very slightly warm when I got back.
I will test further tomorrow 👍
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4 minutes ago, johny said:
Yes I think in some cases they can rust/stick in place and the problem goes away or they continue to rotate and eventually the yoke has to be changed...
So if that is the case, I either order one and change it now or run the risk that I might need to change it in the future🤔
I'm thinking that as long as I can get rid of any lateral movement I will fit it and see what happens.
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7 minutes ago, Pete Lewis said:
they take a lot of load from the suspension
i dnt know if Loctite Bearing fit would survive is certainly gets a grip
Pete
I was thinking that no matter how hard the UJ is worked, the force trying to turn the cap in its seating can't be greater than that needed to turn the spider in the bearing.
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18 minutes ago, johny said:
well yes its got to be the fit in the yoke that holds the cap stationary although I think if the cap isnt held against the end of the spider by the circlip it can move in and out (clicking sound) which wears the yoke hole....
Hmm, from looking quickly this evening there does appear to be a slight gap between the cap and the circlip so I will try fitting the slightly larger ones tomorrow and see what effect that has.
If that takes up any slack, but the cap can still turn, what are the possible consequences?
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2 minutes ago, johny said:
Hmmm it must be quite loose if its spinning before even being fitted. Is the circlip tight up against the cap or could a thicker one or spacer be fitted?
The old circlips are about 0.15mm thicker so I could try fitting one or two of those I suppose.
Just to clarify, is it the pressure from the clips or the tightness of the cap in the hole that stops them spinning, because the opposite one isn't.
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Just checking my UJ circlips are properly seated, prior to hopefully re-fitting the drive shaft tomorrow, and noticed one of the caps is spinning in the yoke.
Are there any proven solutions, other than a new yoke?
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19 minutes ago, johny said:
Time to start on the other side?😒
Maybe tomorrow. Raining today ☔
Would have been ideal to finish off what I am doing in the garage though.
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Well, postman been and remaining parts still not arrived 😒
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16 minutes ago, Wagger said:
Check the gap in the fitted circlip ends compared to a similar one not in the groove by trying to fit a second one.
I tested mine using a socket small enough to fit within the fitted circlips, placing it in the vice and trying force it through.
Yes, that's a good idea 👍
Squeaky front suspension
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I really need to get someone else to bounce the car as it's very difficult to do that and try to home in on the noise at the same time.