<VV> Play in side gears/yokes

[Clark Hartzel]

Message: 6
From: N2VZD@aol.com
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 18:18:59 EDT
To: virtualvairs@corvair.org
Subject: <VV> Re: DIFFERENTIAL QUESTION
i am doing a 63 powerslide differential with the complaint that the axle
yokes have too much movement. i figured side gears...and spiders. well i
expected
not as much play putting new gears in carrier and trying the shaft by
hand...it seems about the same. does it go away when i put all the new parts
in?
spiders and side carriers? i have a meeting tonite but will be trying more
tomorrow, including all new bearings, seals etc. one piunion brg has a
blotch on it
so i am replacing all. it has about 45k on it and is not beaten..its a show
car. any comments? i have done them before but not in a long time, just
seals,bearings etc etc.
thanks, regards tim colson

Another possibility is to measure the play in the axle yokes and take them
to an industrial chrome plater and have them hard chromed up to whatever
size they need to be to take out the play.  This is a common practice in the
machine tool industry to repair a worn shaft instead of replacing it.  If
the chroming turns out rough you might have to grind the O.D. for the seal
to work properly but as long as there are no gouges or real bad spots in the
shaft it should turn out OK.  They can mask the U-joint area so it doesn't
get chromed.
Clark Hartzel
---
Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
Version: 6.0.720 / Virus Database: 476 - Release Date: 14-Jul-04