Propellor shaft spline

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The vibration comes from a natural wobble that a U-joint has if it is not in perfect alignment. Constant velocity joints were invented to get rid of that, but the TC has so little alignment error that I doubt it would make much difference unless there was significant play in one or the other of the U-joints. Fred TC1353 -----Original Message----- From: mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com [mailto:mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of ian thomson Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 4:36 AM To: Paroor Cc: mg-tabc Subject: Re: AW: [mg-tabc] Propellor Shaft Spline The U/J yokes at either end of the propshaft must line up with one another otherwise the inherent non-linearity of the two hooke's joints will be out of phase and cause vibration. At least that's the way I understand it. Ian Thomson --- --- Paroor paroor@t-online.de> wrote:

> Dear Ian Thomson, > How can you do that ? Is there > many possibilities to fix > the original propshaft ? > Madhu > > -----Urspr ngliche Nachricht----- > Von: mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com]Im Auftrag > von ian thomson > Gesendet: Montag, 9. Mai 2005 16:33 > An: Kenneth Jones; fritz@pacbell.net > > Just a small (but perhaps important point)but are > you > sure that the propshaft is correctly oriented? Both > U/Js should be in the same plane otherwise it > vibrates. > > Ian Thomson. > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > mg-tabc-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > > > >

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[Kenneth Jones]

----- Original Message ----- From: Kenneth Jones To: E.Worpe@surrey.ac.uk Cc: mg-tabc i.thomson@talk21.com Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2005 11:12 AM Subject: Propellor shaft spline Hi Eric & Ian, Thanks for your comments. Just had a quick look under my TC at the propellor shaft. Can't be sure until I get it on a hoist, but the U/J joints look slightly out of alignment. Do you know how many splines there are on the sliding joint? Maybe my prop shaft is one spline out of alignment. Ken OZ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]