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Originally Posted by DoctorDex
Just got off the phone with them. Apparently, the units of measurement was in inches, so there was 0.0015 thousands of an inch of backlash, where as spec. is 0 - 0.0004 thousandths. They measured the backlash at the output shaft using a dial indicator and a pair of vice grips to manual turn the output shaft.
I also quizzed them re: my propeller shaft and they said they didn't check to see if I had bad u-joints. Is there a way to check/test the u-joints on a driveshahft with it still on the car?
Thanks.
Declan
P.S. The clunk when going from decel (in gear) to accel seems to be worse in 5th. However, what is worse and what is better is really subjective...  |
Declan ,
I just can't picture these guys troubleshooting a car for a clunk one guy with vice grips ( ilegal in my shop
) and the other with dial indicators
and they conclude that the shaft has 11 thousands of an inch off.
And they didn't even consider the driveshaft .
If I where you, I would forget everything they told you and start from scratch .
What most mechanics do to check the U-joints on the driveshaft is wiggle it with your hands and listen for a clunk .