sidriptide
nobody of any consequence
- Location
- western massachusetts
well i found out what my front-end vibration above 40 mph was... wasnt a bad ujoint like i thought.. i also thought it might be the slip splines, nope... my front yoke was LOOSE!!!! it had somehow backed itself off a little.. i removed the shaft and looked into the yoke where the nut was and there was what appeared to be part of a thin black plastic gear or shim of some kind being squeezed out from under the nut.... i pulled it out with some pliers and it was part of a circular flat plastic ring with "gear-like" teeth around the outside of it... after i pulled it out i cranked the yoke nut another full turn almost.... was this some kind of spacer or shim that goes under the nut? it appeared to have been "squashed" out under the load on the nut.... i cant find any exploded view pics of the t/case right now.. anyone know what this part is? or was it some kind of "bandaid" the previous owner put there to fix a loose yoke?? what does the speedo gear look like? my speedo has never worked but i dont see how a part of the gear could have worked itself out of the case with bearings in the way....
any ideas? thanks
mike
any ideas? thanks
mike