Still rattling
08-11-2018 | 12:30 PM
#71
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From: Raystown Lake , Pa.
with the top cap off, 2 things happen, the clutch shaft isn’t held in place, the internal bearing in the driven gears race is in the top cap ( not there to position the gear) and the garter springs ( between the shift cone and gears) will push the gear stack apart... there is a process for checking backlash, it involves holding the driven gear in place and checking the movement at the pinion, a few special tools are required to do this though
08-11-2018 | 04:39 PM
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My reply was based on judging clearance with the top cap off, it’s not an accurate reflection of how much backlash there is unless someone were to leave out thrust bearings/ races and race that presses on the top cap tower....it would be like trying to judge backlash on a differential with on of the carrier bearings missing
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08-11-2018 | 09:50 PM
#73
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Understood .My ears are giving me an accurate reflection of rattling backlash not my eyes . 72 reply's and the answer seems obvious to me but hey I'm not a drive tech . Sometimes the answer is right under your nose . deep out .
08-14-2018 | 06:47 PM
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Another Update: Today I decided to swap top caps of the drives. I placed the flexible duct over my exhaust but it did not quiet it down much. When I removed the starboard drive cap (note this isn't the drive making the noise) i noticed that it was filled with oil and bottle was full. When i removed the top cap off the port drive (noisy drive) I noticed no oil well not as high as the other.and the bottle was full.
I opened the air bleed hole and that was covered with oil. So i tried to swap the caps and could not. They wouldn't fit. On the noisy drive cap it looks like there is an outer race around the bearing and on the other drive it looks like that race is inside the the gear bearing. I didn't want to mess with it so i put it back together any thoughts?
I opened the air bleed hole and that was covered with oil. So i tried to swap the caps and could not. They wouldn't fit. On the noisy drive cap it looks like there is an outer race around the bearing and on the other drive it looks like that race is inside the the gear bearing. I didn't want to mess with it so i put it back together any thoughts?
