Daddylonglegs
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 posted on 19/5/09 at 12:37 PM |
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Diff Play
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Rebuilt the diff/axle and now the car is on the ground, when I turn the pinion flange, it moves a few mm before it takes up the drive.
I know that the backlash has to be set in the diff, and I set it as best I could without the actual figures, when I adjusted the crown wheel for mesh,
I backed it off one notch (on the locking plate) from when it was slightly binding (a slight tight spot on the crown wheel I think). It seemd OK so I
rebuilt everything and fitted it to the car.
Can anyone tell me how much freeplay is acceptable in the input before taking up the drive.
JB
It looks like the Midget is winning at the moment......
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tegwin
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| posted on 19/5/09 at 12:42 PM |
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On my TR diff the backlash is around "5 mins" if you imagine the flange as a clockface...apparenly thats normal 
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BenB
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| posted on 19/5/09 at 12:57 PM |
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I've got quite a degree of backlash in my diff. Makes a nasty crunching noise when it takes up the backlash as well Never measured it but it
makes me winse!! Still hasn't broken yet though 
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blakep82
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| posted on 19/5/09 at 01:28 PM |
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before i took my atlas apart, i had about 5 degrees.
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Daddylonglegs
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| posted on 19/5/09 at 02:20 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by blakep82
before i took my atlas apart, i had about 5 degrees.
But why did U take it apart? Was it because of the backlash or something else 
JB
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bimbleuk
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| posted on 19/5/09 at 03:16 PM |
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The one in my car has probably 10 degs of play and definitely clonks on take up. Just a little too loose for my liking but. I've another second
hand one untouched and that has less and another which was a recon unit and has 3-5 deg at most.
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Daddylonglegs
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| posted on 19/5/09 at 03:19 PM |
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Maybe I'm being a worry wart for no reason then?
I'll try and measure the play tonight and put the result on here.
JB
It looks like the Midget is winning at the moment......
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Daddylonglegs
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| posted on 19/5/09 at 09:22 PM |
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Measured it tonight and I reckon 5-6 degress. So I guess I'll leave it and see what occurs when the glorius day comes
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