<VV> Axle shafts

[FrankDuVal]

"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