Rembrant
Crotch Rocket
Hello Folks,
I just finished putting my final drive assembly back together with new inner and outer lip seals, roller bearing, and outer O'ring. Everything looked good inside, and the spline drive is nice and tight and smooth to operate.
Today, I pulled the drive shaft to inspect and clean/re-lube the splines, etc. The drive shaft and everything appear to be just fine. However, I noticed that there is a little "play" in the pinion bearing(s), and I can't find anything in the FSM with regards to an OEM tolerance, or service spec.
With a dial indicator on the end of the input spline socket, I'm reading approximately 0.010" movement side to side. The lip seal appears to be ok as there are no signs of leakage, but I kind of expected the input socket/pinion shaft to be rigid, with zero play as it were?
Does anybody have any expereince with this? Is this movement normal, or would it be normal on an '08 C-14 with 20,000 miles on it?
I'm leaving on an 8,000 mile trip in just a few days, so perhaps I'm worrying too much, but I'd love to hear any ideas or input if you've worked on this before.
Thanks,
Rem ;D
I just finished putting my final drive assembly back together with new inner and outer lip seals, roller bearing, and outer O'ring. Everything looked good inside, and the spline drive is nice and tight and smooth to operate.
Today, I pulled the drive shaft to inspect and clean/re-lube the splines, etc. The drive shaft and everything appear to be just fine. However, I noticed that there is a little "play" in the pinion bearing(s), and I can't find anything in the FSM with regards to an OEM tolerance, or service spec.
With a dial indicator on the end of the input spline socket, I'm reading approximately 0.010" movement side to side. The lip seal appears to be ok as there are no signs of leakage, but I kind of expected the input socket/pinion shaft to be rigid, with zero play as it were?
Does anybody have any expereince with this? Is this movement normal, or would it be normal on an '08 C-14 with 20,000 miles on it?
I'm leaving on an 8,000 mile trip in just a few days, so perhaps I'm worrying too much, but I'd love to hear any ideas or input if you've worked on this before.
Thanks,
Rem ;D