half shaft alignment

[gtjoey]

Okay, while replacing my half shaft and drive shaft u joints on my 1960 Aceca, I noticed the passenger/right side half shaft yokes are NOT PARALLEL.
ITS cocked say 8 and 10 not parallel was this done on purpose for binding?
The car was fine before.....
Anyone know the answer?
Thanks in advance
GTJOEY1314

[AE 501]

Hi Joe,

is it possible to see a picture? - not sure to understand it right.
In my knowing the offset of the yokes will cause vibration problems.

Chris

[Klassik Metall]

The half shaft yokes should be in line with each other. One half of the shaft is normally marked with an arrow and the other yoke has a small notch to show the correct alignment.
As Chris said, incorrect alignment can be a cause of driveline vibration.

Regards, Luke.

[gtjoey]

Look at right

[gtjoey]

Ok look at top left it's off one tooth
I don't think they were ever apart?
I just did the joints!

[Klassik Metall]

The lower shaft is correct. Just undo the retainer on the incorrect shaft, slide apart and realign it.
A lot of odd things can happen to a car that's nearly six decades old! :)

[gtjoey]

Will do now!
When they go back in after I put the pumpkin in they should go one way ish both side even or stagger for phasing?

[Klassik Metall]

No need for any phasing, the shafts are independent of each other via the action of the differential.

[gtjoey]

Thank you........all this for 100 hp car  ;D

[James Eastwood]

BE475 half shafts after I rebuilt them with new UJs.

Mine were also misaligned. There are certain instance of upright removal, where it's easier to simply disengage the sliding joing rather than unbolt the UJ. So it's possible this may be the cause of the misalignement. I also welded up a bespoke socket to gain access to the inner UJ bolts (x4), so they could be run up with a impact rather than spannering every one.

[James Eastwood]

..& half shafts which appear to be missing from my first post.

[gtjoey]

Thank You
It only took seconds to align
I like your tool!
Nice to see this forum is alive as well!
I'm putting the rear back by the weekend
Pressing in the bushings were a killer!
Gtjoey1314