Hi,
I put my prop back together at the weekend, recon VCU and new bearings. It's ready to bolt back on the car now. My only question is this....I followed Hippo's howto guide on replacing the VCU bearings. The U shaped washers have a little noggin on one side - Hippo says these are to stop the washer from falling out....however there is no place for the noggin to rest, like a corresponding dimple or hole...so I've tightened up the bolts nice and tight (I didn't know how you'd get a torque wrench in place, only a ring spanner will fit in the gap????) and the U shaped washer is now a little bent like a banana cause the noggin has no place to go.
I did a lot of head scratching but concluded the the splines on the old VCU didn't poke as far though the end of the UJ so a small gap was left....if you know what I mean. Or perhaps I put too much torque on them!
Any thoughts, shall I leave it as it is?
Cheers.
I put my prop back together at the weekend, recon VCU and new bearings. It's ready to bolt back on the car now. My only question is this....I followed Hippo's howto guide on replacing the VCU bearings. The U shaped washers have a little noggin on one side - Hippo says these are to stop the washer from falling out....however there is no place for the noggin to rest, like a corresponding dimple or hole...so I've tightened up the bolts nice and tight (I didn't know how you'd get a torque wrench in place, only a ring spanner will fit in the gap????) and the U shaped washer is now a little bent like a banana cause the noggin has no place to go.
I did a lot of head scratching but concluded the the splines on the old VCU didn't poke as far though the end of the UJ so a small gap was left....if you know what I mean. Or perhaps I put too much torque on them!
Any thoughts, shall I leave it as it is?
Cheers.
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