Tech Day, Saturday April 28th (7 Viewers)

[greytandy]

It was good to match faces with screen names.

Ditto. I had to drive 40 miles to meet some guy who lives 3 miles south of me.

 

[chaka]

for those of you who missed the "silver slapper", there will be a cameo on the upcoming release of "third member, don't forget the nuts"

I am going to try and load the footage into the computer tonight and see what we got...

Nice meeting all of you.

Dave

 

[Felix]

for those of you who missed the "silver slapper", there will be a cameo on the upcoming release of "third member, don't forget the nuts"

I am going to try and load the footage into the computer tonight and see what we got...

Nice meeting all of you.

Dave

Haha, speaking of putting faces with screen names... I know the name Chaka and have seen your posts. I met Dave this weekend at the Tech Day. But it was only with this post that I realized you're the same person. And that was even after you posted earlier in this thread about filming the tech day.

 

[Herb]

"third member, don't forget the nuts"

Dave

Love the name!

 

[greytandy]

Nice meeting all of you.

Dave

Dave:

You need to post pics of your 40 in the "Members Rides" thread.

- The Other Dave

 

[Herb]

Kurt from Cruiser Outfitters called today, he said that we could have used those smaller rear axle bearings and seals that were for the '71 model year on those later model axle shafts. He said that if you use the smaller width bearings, that you need to use the bigger axle seal and vice versa.

I'm glad we used the bigger bearings just because they look more stout. However, this is good to know for the future.

Thanks again everyone. Thanks again to Kurt for the follow up service on this job...

Doug

 

[Herb]

Front Output bearing

I finally got around to pulling the front output cone.

The front driveshaft was wiggling up and down, so we all suspected a bearing. Well, it was a shredded needle bearing. See the pictures.

The front output bearing at the tip of the cone seems fine...it was only wiggling because the shaft did not have a solid connection to the TCase.

So, are these needle bearings readily available just like the other, bigger bearings?

 

[Herb]

Front Output Bearing

I was able to remove the vacuum shift actuator in order to remove the cone.

 

[Herb]

Shredded needle bearing

Here are the remains of the shredded needle bearing.