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dennis_obryan1965@msn.com
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« on: June 09, 2010, 05:06:52 PM » |
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I removed my drive shaft from my 97 Tour, cleaned and new molly paste on all splines. I got shaft to go back into the punkin easy, the problem is that the shaft wont go all the way into the the other end.
(I guess thats called the u-joint) It will go almost all the way but there is a 1/2-1in. gap between the punkin and the drive shaft tube. It goes in far enough for me to get a nut one of the studs. I tried to pull it in with that one nut but it was going in evenly.
Is this normal?
Should I be able to push it all the way in with my hand does the spring on the end not allow me.
will it pull the rest of the way in with the nuts?
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Chrisj CMA
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« Reply #1 on: June 09, 2010, 05:16:07 PM » |
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Its normal for there to be a gap where it only goes so far, but that gap is more like 1/8 to 1/4 inch. once you have it in the mouth of the u-joint. try turning the spline with the flange as you push it the rest of the way
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hubcapsc
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« Reply #2 on: June 09, 2010, 05:33:58 PM » |
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Is this normal?
It is normal to have a hard time getting it to mate up sometimes. Try looking up the swingarm with a flashlight, perhaps you'll see that the u-joint is hanging at a different angle than the swingarm, and you'll see just how to move the swingarm to get the shaft back in the u-joint. Probably don't want to put moly paste in the pinion cup... We were talking about this just the other day, Daniel Meyer posted his "sure fire easy" way to do it, you could try to search up that thread... -Mike |
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Daniel Meyer
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« Reply #3 on: June 09, 2010, 05:39:36 PM » |
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Stick the pumpkin in, Lift the swing arm ABOVE horizontal, line up the four studs to the swingarm, and wiggle the crap out of it. Goes in every time. Just a few seconds. If it ain't going, lift the swing arm higher.
If the pumkin goes home, the shaft is in the joint (it can't go beside it ect).
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CUAgain, Daniel Meyer  |
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« Reply #4 on: June 09, 2010, 06:57:56 PM » |
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Here's a pic of my splines at 112K miles. Moly paste was cleaned off after the first tire change and Bel Ray Waterproof Grease has been used ever since. Moly Paste is fine if you redo it every 8-10K miles. Bel Ray can go a full tire life (14-18K miles).  |
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« Reply #5 on: June 09, 2010, 07:14:27 PM » |
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Moly Paste is fine if you redo it every 8-10K miles... Those splines look like the brand new ones I mounted up today! I bought the moly paste. I was surprised how thin it is. I intend to redo the paste every spring (about 5,000 miles/yr). Given the (lack of) jobs picture, I'll probably never again be able to afford to replace the splines. So this set has to last 20 years. ??? |
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« Reply #6 on: June 11, 2010, 04:25:00 PM » |
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I think the trick is in the swingarm, however, I lowered the swingarm all the way to get the drive shaft back in-went right in-luck?I don't know.
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« Reply #7 on: November 11, 2015, 10:36:04 AM » |
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I used the tilt a swing arm and the drive from the rear wheel to slide mine back in.
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« Reply #8 on: November 12, 2015, 07:35:09 PM » |
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necropost (third-person singular simple present necroposts, present participle necroposting, simple past and past participle necroposted)
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I'll bet the original poster has it back together by now.
Sorry, Britman. Couldn't resist.
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« Reply #9 on: November 12, 2015, 09:15:17 PM » |
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I'll bet the original poster has it back together by now.
Sorry, Britman. Couldn't resist.
 I don't know, he might be still jiggling it in.  |
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« Reply #10 on: November 13, 2015, 02:51:26 AM » |
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necropost (third-person singular simple present necroposts, present participle necroposting, simple past and past participle necroposted)
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I'll bet the original poster has it back together by now.
Sorry, Britman. Couldn't resist.
I don't know, he might be still jiggling it in. More like a https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2PGNA2u_HI |
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« Reply #11 on: November 13, 2015, 02:52:20 AM » |
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necropost (third-person singular simple present necroposts, present participle necroposting, simple past and past participle necroposted)
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I'll bet the original poster has it back together by now.
Sorry, Britman. Couldn't resist.
Simply adding my solution for anyone doing a Tech Search in the future. |
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« Reply #12 on: November 15, 2015, 06:04:58 PM » |
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Much appreciated!
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