Take caution with half shafts.
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Take caution with half shafts.
I have recently learned a small trick to installing the half shafts...
DO BOTH AT THE SAME TIME!!!
Lightly start the bolts in the wheel side then fully seat the U-Joints in the yolk side. then evenly tighten both wheel sides.
This will keep everything in line by not pulling anything to far from side to side.
I did this recently and it eliminated the last bit of wheel wander I was having. I thought I may have gotten a bad alignment but after installing my shafts this way, my car is now(finally) better than new!
I am surprised that I have never heard of this before!
Mark
DO BOTH AT THE SAME TIME!!!
Lightly start the bolts in the wheel side then fully seat the U-Joints in the yolk side. then evenly tighten both wheel sides.
This will keep everything in line by not pulling anything to far from side to side.
I did this recently and it eliminated the last bit of wheel wander I was having. I thought I may have gotten a bad alignment but after installing my shafts this way, my car is now(finally) better than new!
I am surprised that I have never heard of this before!
Mark
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In the past I have installed the one entire side completly and by doing so I feel I may have pulled that side out of alignment.
I have always had some side wander in the car, even after a good alignment. After doing it the revised way I find that all the road wander has been eliminated.
In the past I may have tightened the wheel bolts first and then tried pulling the U-Joints to the diff and maybe they were not fully seated hard to say!!!
I have always had some side wander in the car, even after a good alignment. After doing it the revised way I find that all the road wander has been eliminated.
In the past I may have tightened the wheel bolts first and then tried pulling the U-Joints to the diff and maybe they were not fully seated hard to say!!!
Last edited by sly vette; Oct 13, 2007 at 12:34 PM.
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In the past I have installed the one entire side completly and by doing so I feel I may have pulled that side out of alignment.
I have always had some side wander in the car, even after a good alignment. After doing it the revised way I find that all the road wander has been eliminated.
In the past I may have tightened the wheel bolts first and then tried pulling the U-Joints to the diff and maybe they were not fully seated hard to say!!!
I have always had some side wander in the car, even after a good alignment. After doing it the revised way I find that all the road wander has been eliminated.
In the past I may have tightened the wheel bolts first and then tried pulling the U-Joints to the diff and maybe they were not fully seated hard to say!!!
But..if you loosen camber adjusting nut without scribing a mark first, you can mess up alignment...
Rich
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I never loosened camber nut. these shafts were replaced after the rear end was replaced.
I guess all I am saying is that when I replaced the shafts when all the work was done the car rides flawlessly!
I just attributed it to installing the shafts the "correct" way. Perhaps it was something else.
It sure is a pleasure to drive without that last bit of wander!!!!
Mark
I guess all I am saying is that when I replaced the shafts when all the work was done the car rides flawlessly!
I just attributed it to installing the shafts the "correct" way. Perhaps it was something else.
It sure is a pleasure to drive without that last bit of wander!!!!
Mark
