<VV> Loose axle

[wfcc at mediacombb.net]

Hugo,
 I quit smoking years ago, but if there is a snifter of Brandy that goes with that cigar, I'll take you up on that......

 BTW I have had plenty of LBC's including a Herald and a Sports Six, fun cars.

                                                                        Ed
----- Original Message -----
From: Hugo Miller <hugo at aruncoaches.co.uk>
To: wfcc at mediacombb.net
Cc: virtualvairs at corvair.org
Sent: Wed, 04 Mar 2020 19:08:12 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Re: <VV> Loose axle

I should have got underneath before I replied to your post. Guess what? 
The play is ALL GONE!! Can you believe it! Who'd a thunk it? So after 
all that debate, the whole thing was just a massive red herring.
Thank you so much for spotting the booby trap for the unwary, and 
possibly saving me a whole lot of work in the process!! Well done sir! 
Have a cigar on me ;)

On 2020-03-04 17:56, wfcc at mediacombb.net wrote:
> Hugo,
>
>  I don't think I've  seen it asked here, but this play you are
> talking about, Is it when the car is jacked up and the wheels are
> hanging free ? If so that is normal. especially on the side with the
> short stub axle. They fixed that problem on the much improved late
> models...…… but Smitty wouldn't know about that…<GGG>
>
>
>  Ed Lindsay
>
>  West Florida Corvairs
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Hugo Miller via VirtualVairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Sent: Wed, 04 Mar 2020 17:45:47 -0500 (EST)
> Subject: Re: <VV> Loose axle
>
>
> On 2020-03-04 16:02, Smitty wrote:
> [edited]
>> I would like you to be more restrained when commenting.  I didn’t 
>> see
>> Bills comments as being patronizing.  Just a knowlegible longtime
>> Early owner trying to keep a newbie from making what could be an
>> expensive and time consuming mistake.  It doesn’t pay to assume when
>> dealing with persons ranging from automotive engineers to a teen age
>> kid that doesn’t know a left handed monkey wrench from a 
>> screwdriver.
>>        Smitty
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>
>
> This is the comment I described as patronising;
>
> "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"
>
> And it is. Damned patronising. Telling me to stop 'tinkering' with my
> own car. Who has the right to tell me that? I've been 'tinkering' 
> with
> cars and commercial vehicles in a professional capacity for the last
> fifty-odd years.
> I was seeking advice on whether anybody had similar experience of 
> play
> in the axle shaft, as I couldn't see exactly where it originated. I 
> will
> happily listen to advice from any quarter. But please don't talk down 
> to
> me. That is guaranteed to piss me off.
> Going back to my original question, there seems to be a consensus 
> that
> the play is where the yoke runs in the diff gear / housing. There is
> just a remote possibility that a new yoke will cure or alleviate it, 
> but
> Sod's law says that's unlikely. I've got to drop the whole lot out 
> some
> time soon anyway, so it will have to do until that happens.
>
>
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