<VV> Axle shafts

[Hugo Miller]

That's what I thought. If the diff bearings have that amount of slack 
then I'm in trouble anyway. I have no perceptible movement on the 
left-side but a lot - too much - on the right.  Looks like I'm going to 
have to live with it as I'm not going to pull the whole lot out - not at 
this stage anyway. I had forgotten about the sliding in-and-out motion 
which would cause wear in that area.
There is a barely perceptible amount of play in the left-side u/j, but 
not enough to worry about, and the left-side yoke is as snug as 
anything.
And yes, 'sticking plaster' = band-aid! As Churchill once said, we are 
two nations divided by a common language! ;)

On 2020-03-04 00:08, FrankDuVal via VirtualVairs wrote:
> "It may be that it will tighten and take up the slack,"
>
> Oh, it will take up the slack, just not the slack you are seeing. It
> will take up the pinion to ring gear slack! Or make it worse,
> depending on which side bearing adjuster you are turning. One pushes
> the ring gear into the pinion, the other side adjuster moves the ring
> gear away from the pinion....
>
> Play in an axle yoke  is NORMAL. The degree of play is whether or not
> there is an issue to address. Since an early yoke slides in and out 
> in
> the swing of the swing axle, it wears on the area that fits into the
> differential. Enough wear and then there is too much slop. Mostly I
> ignore it until the seal can't take the looseness and the gear  lube
> oozes out too much, leaving a mess and running the differential low 
> on
> fluid.
>
> Lates bolt the yoke to an internal nut, keeping it in place.
>
> " sticking plaster."  Ha! Brit Speak for Band-Aid fixes.....
>
> Frank DuVal
>
> On 3/3/2020 10:25 PM, Hugo Miller via VirtualVairs wrote:
>> That is what I said I thought it was, if you recall. It may be that 
>> it will tighten and take up the slack, although I realise that is 
>> unlikely, and even if it works it is no more than a sticking plaster. 
>> I was just looking for confirmation that I hadn't missed anything. I 
>> might sound as though I'm blindly tinkering, but I do have a pretty 
>> good idea what I'm doing, so there's no need to patronise me.
>> What I do NOT have is any idea why there is play in my right side 
>> axle shaft, and that is the advice I was seeking.
>> And yes, I probably will have to pull the drive train and rebuild 
>> it. But not just yet - first I have to rebuild the engine to go in 
>> there.
>>
>>
>>
>> Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!
>>
>> “Big castellated nut thingy behind the yoke” - are you talking about 
>> the differential side bearing adjusting sleeves?  Leave those alone 
>> unless you really want to pull the entire drive train and rebuild your 
>> differential.
>>
>>
>> No, Chuck, no - there is NOT a castellated nut that holds the axle 
>> part of the u-joint to the axle on an early model.
>>
>> Hugo - please stop tinkering with your car.  Take some time to get 
>> the appropriate manuals and read and familiarize yourself with the 
>> parts of your car before you go any further.  Or, if not that, meet up 
>> with a local Corvair club to look over it with you.
>>
>> Bill
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