Servicing - Props & UJs - Part2

Well it took me a few weeks to get around to it, but I took the front prop off, put the difflock on, and took for a drive. And, what do you know the vibration, went!

Greased the prop and put it back on (torqued the nuts to 45Nm)...am going to replace it in a couple of weeks with a new TD5 prop (bigger yokes I believe) and change the UJs on the old prop at my leisure - it never hurts to have a spare.

Air Filter Support Bobbins

All four of the air filter mounting bobbins had sheared, so the filter casing was bouncing around, making a right old noise.  So replacement bobbins were ordered and I got around to fitting them today. It's not a difficult job but is a bit fiddly.

I loosened the Jubilee clips, removed the air intake and outlet pipes and then removed the air filter housing.

I then removed what was left of the old bobbins before fitting the new ones to the bottom of the filter housing.

 

This was then flipped over and refitted. A little washing up liquid helped with refitting the pipes.

Servicing - Props & UJs

Since her chassis swap Sally has had an annoying vibration resonating through the chassis at about 40 - 50 in fifth gear. The forum consensus is that it is probably a faulty UJ or prop.

So today my quest to track down the annoying noise starts with giving the UJs and prop splines a good greasing.

The only problem is I have taken off the air filter why I await new support bobbins so it will be a day or two before I can take her for a test drive.