yes, i have tried the "loosen the bolts and drive around" trick and it helped to a degree, but not completely. That technique may be suitable for certain instances of alignment and not others, who knows? Go Westy still flogs their laser tool too, so does that mean...... ? you fill in the blanks
I have to make clear that I have been dicking around with front diff and prop shaft out, so the front diff angle may not be the same as what it was with prop shaft in. . That being said, I do think that shimming the diff front mount will be my next thing... (no wait, will check lateral alignment first). Theoretically, both flange angles should be the same, and that is what I will be attempting to do. Will report back. cheers alistair
On 23-May-10, at 6:18 PM, Bob Stevens wrote: You may or may not have seen this on the Syncro list but ..... back when Warren was alive, he was puzzling over how to find a sweet spot for his p-shaft to eliminate the vibes. He called Go Westy, thinking that since they seemed to produce such expensive gems of the Syncro iteration, that they would likely have a method for perfecting this. They did/do: loosen the frame-to-differential bolts, drive around for a few days and maybe 30-50 miles, or until the vibration is gone, tighten those bolts and voila! Warren did it and said it worked. I have no experience with it. What you say seems to be true, that the transaxle should be very close to 4 degrees down. The differential will "adjust" itself given this opportunity. My only puzzlement about this method is that it has no possible way to adjust up/ down as that requires spacers, usually at the front (van front) of the diff. mount points to point it more up or down. I do know that the prop shaft I have only needs the transaxle to be pointed down "between .8" to 1.2" for it to be vibration-free, which mine is. Even after just finishing putting a Subaru 3.0 in the van, with a "high- mount" installation, which provides about 2+" more ground clearance, so the tranny is pointing down more than stock. Bob Stevens '87 Syncro Westy On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 6:05 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote: > had time to test my Mk II laser pointer alignment tool thingy today. > It is to be used to determine the alignment of the front diff and > rear transmission in my syncro (which still has minor vibes around 60 > kph) > > |
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