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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Apr 25, 2016, at 9:41 PM, Vern Klukas via Rovernet <<a href="mailto:rovernet@rovernet.org" class="">rovernet@rovernet.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">That’s acceptable. Not perfect, but acceptable. There is always some backlash in the diff as you have three sets of gear teeth meshing in the diff, crown wheel and pinion, and the two side gears and spider gears.<br class=""><br class="">Yours<br class="">Vern<br class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">On Apr 25, 2016, at 6:31 PM, Peter King via Rovernet <<a href="mailto:rovernet@rovernet.org" class="">rovernet@rovernet.org</a>> wrote:<br class=""><br class="">Hi all,<br class=""><br class="">I’m in the middle of replacing half shaft u-joints in the 3500s, and replacing seals and gaiter on the Dedion tube, and I noticed that there is a lot of free play in the differential when I rotate the road wheel back and forth. A “blank space” before engaging. How much play is normal, and what’s the best way to measure this? I made a set of marks on the outer edge of the brake disc, and measured 3/4” of “blank space” when I move the wheel back and forth. I have no idea if that’s a meaningful measurement, but it’s a place to start the conversation.<br class=""><br class="">Any thoughts on this?<br class=""><br class="">thanks,<br class=""><br class="">Peter<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class="">-------------- next part --------------<br class="">An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br class="">URL: <<a href="http://rovernet.org/pipermail/rovernet_rovernet.org/attachments/20160425/82fc44ff/attachment.html" class="">http://rovernet.org/pipermail/rovernet_rovernet.org/attachments/20160425/82fc44ff/attachment.html</a>><br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">Rovernet mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:Rovernet@rovernet.org" class="">Rovernet@rovernet.org</a><br class="">http://rovernet.org/mailman/listinfo/rovernet_rovernet.org<br class=""></blockquote><br class=""> <a href="http://inkspotco.com" class="">inkspotco.com</a> · 250 864 5619 · <a href="mailto:in@inkspotco.com" class="">in@inkspotco.com</a><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class="">-------------- next part --------------<br class="">An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br class="">URL: <<a href="http://rovernet.org/pipermail/rovernet_rovernet.org/attachments/20160425/dfb4adfe/attachment.html" class="">http://rovernet.org/pipermail/rovernet_rovernet.org/attachments/20160425/dfb4adfe/attachment.html</a>><br class="">-------------- next part --------------<br class="">A non-text attachment was scrubbed...<br class="">Name: E-mail Signature logo.png<br class="">Type: image/png<br class="">Size: 22660 bytes<br class="">Desc: not available<br class="">URL: <<a href="http://rovernet.org/pipermail/rovernet_rovernet.org/attachments/20160425/dfb4adfe/attachment.png" class="">http://rovernet.org/pipermail/rovernet_rovernet.org/attachments/20160425/dfb4adfe/attachment.png</a>><br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">Rovernet mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:Rovernet@rovernet.org" class="">Rovernet@rovernet.org</a><br class="">http://rovernet.org/mailman/listinfo/rovernet_rovernet.org<br class=""></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></div></body></html>