<VV> Loose axle

Wed Mar 4 22:44:56 EST 2020

I don't follow you. I am talking about the yoke that comes out of the 
diff. All that has happened is that the yoke has pushed a bit further in 
as the suspension went up. There is no load on the axle shaft in any 
direction. Yes/no?

On 2020-03-04 22:20, Jim Becker wrote:
> Why not?  Because the weight of the car is sitting on it.
>
> No, you didn't just do it.  When you tried to do it, and found "The
> play is ALL GONE!!".  It could SEEM TO BE all gone because the car is
> sitting on it. This is just like saying your motor mounts must be 
> good
> because you tried to wiggle the engine by hand and it didn't move, or
> maybe your house foundation is good because you stepped on a 
> threshold
> and the house didn't sink.
>
> You may not have a problem, but you have no evidence either way.
>
> Jim Becker
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Hugo Miller
> Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2020 8:16 PM
> To: Jim Becker
> Cc: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: Re:  Loose axle
>
> Wny not? I just did it! Unless I had hold of the wrong shaft, as the
> actress said to the Bishop ;)
>
> On 2020-03-04 20:49, Jim Becker wrote:
>> Are you sure?  With the weight of the car on it, you won't be able 
>> to
>> just reach up and wiggle it by hand.
>>
>> -----Original Message----- From: Hugo Miller via VirtualVairs
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2020 6:08 PM
>> To: wfcc at mediacombb.net
>> Cc: virtualvairs at corvair.org
>> Subject: Re:  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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