>From RICHARD_GAMBINO@VNET.IBM.COM Thu Aug 15 06:44:22 1996
>From Phil_McClay@qmgateib.mitre.org Thu Aug 15 07:34:36 1996
Sounds like both of you have pretty excessive slop causing that clunk.
Given Rich's low miles, I can't believe this is U-joint play, which leaves
either xfer case (or tranny) play - unlikely with the manufacturing tolerances
at New Process - or the rear end. I'm strongly inclined to believe it's
from rear-end slop.
For the edification of the group, could you take the truck to a good
aftermarket driveline specialist and have them open the rear pumpkin and
check the ring/pinion engagement? It wouldn't be expensive for the inspection
and fluid change, and if it IS really loose, you run the risk of losing
your rear end, so it could save money. And if it IS way off, and you get
documentation from the mechanic, the work should be recoverable under
warranty -- though the dealer might have to do the work.
BTW - the FSM says the front end R-P adjustment is a threaded adjustment,
meaning they don't have to take everything apart. The rear is shimmed, so
it's a lot more labor.
I've had no problem with the rear; I think I've gone on enough about my
right front seal -- no problem with gears though...<knock, knock>
Hey! Good time to slip in those synthetics, right?
Jim
__ "THIS IS A TEST of the Emergency Broadcast System. This is only a test.
Had this been an actual emergency, you'd be writhing on the ground in
unspeakable agony, bleeding from every orifice, with your blackened skin
falling away in ragged strips." --Mike Weber on alt.startrek.klingon.
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