On my 1966 Moke, I am chasing a chuffing noise under load and under braking. I noticed that the driveshaft is wobbling out of center as it spins, about an eighth of an inch. Thinking it was a damaged QL5000 letting the inner end wobble, I replaced it with a new one, only to see exactly the same runout. I just put a dial indicator on the inner driver where it exits the diff and I am seeing the same amount of motion there. I know it's only a rough casting and I wouldn't expect to see it run perfectly true, but has anyone else seen this level of wobble straight out of the diff?
Inner Driver Out Of Centre?
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travellering
, Sep 01 2019 06:41 PM
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Moke Spider
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Posted 01 September 2019 - 07:38 PM
Wow - something's skewif !
No, there shouldn't be any wobble there.
It may well be just worn bushes in the diff cage, crown wheel and side covers.
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travellering
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Posted 01 September 2019 - 09:13 PM
Smeg. I was hoping for something that might not involve dismantling the diff. Have a (lots of driving) event coming up in three weeks and almost no weekday hours to work on it.
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Posted 02 September 2019 - 04:27 PM
Not quite just a rough housing, the output shaft runs in a bush in the end cover. If it is just the bush its just a matter of removing the end cover and replacing the bush in the car. If the diff bearing behind that is also gone than its an engine out job.
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