[Rovernet] Of zerks and things which go bump in the night; spastic 'pumpkin' redux

[Gordon Reddy]

Wow!, Thank you hugely Lance, I would never of thought of that.
Gord

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From: garrett bourque via Rovernet
Sent: Sunday, May 10, 2020 1:21 PM
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Subject: Re: [Rovernet] Of zerks and things which go bump in the night; 
spastic 'pumpkin' redux

Coongrats, Lance, Good to hear!  Take care, Garrett

On Sun, May 10, 2020 at 2:00 PM Vern Inkspot via Rovernet <
rovernet at rovernet.org> wrote:

> Nice story Lance. And think how much extra stuff you’ve learned along the
> way!
>
> Your first sentence is pretty much my first rule of life.
>
> Yours
> Vern
>
>
> > On May 10, 2020, at 10:40 AM, LANCE LA CERTE PSY D via Rovernet <
> rovernet at rovernet.org> wrote:
> >
> > Note to self:  the more I know, the more I know what I don't know------
> >
> > Several weeks ago I put out an SOS about my bumping, swaying, and
> grinding differential (sounds just like a burlesque show!).   I wanted to
> thank everyone once again for all their input/words as wisdom.   I thought
> imparting my newfound wisdom on this project might be helpful for anyone
> facing a similar situation.
> >
> > After checking all of the half-shaft u-joints (installed less than 500
> miles ago), and then dropping that dastardly pumpkin out of the rear end
> without killing myself, I proceed to split the casings in hopes of finding
> the culprit.   The only good news was that the crown gear and all other
> internals were in perfect shape.   Propeller shaft u-joints; check.  Rear
> wheel bearings; check.  Vegemite in both glove boxes; check.
> >
> > After much gnashing of teeth, I brought in another, far more sagacious,
> set of eyes.  What he discovered was I had installed the driver's side
> u-joint for the end of the half-shaft which bolts to the brake disc,
> BACKWARDS!!!!    I was gobsmacked to realize one could even install a
> u-joint backwards.   As it turns out, the correct Spicer u-joints for the
> half-shafts (5-178-x) have zerks, and for the Rover application those 
> zerks
> have to face AWAY from the discs, because the clearance of the 'ears' on
> the half shaft is greater that the clearance of the ears on the plate 
> which
> bolts to the disc.   Placing the zerk towards the disc results in the
> binding of the zerk with rotation of the wheel/half-shaft!!!!
> >
> > Happy mother's day.   Lance
> >
> >
> >
> >
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