Re: Pinion yoke was D300

[jlandry@domain.elided (John A. Landry)]

In a brilliant stroke of genius, tsm1@domain.elided (Tom Mandera) blurted out:

>Under the Scout last night, and I noticed some play in the rear driveshaft..
>side to side that doesn't appear to be U-joints.. on closer examination, the
>rear differential pinion yoke has some play in it.. I can wiggle it side to
>side a bit.. not a "lot" but a bit... another case of "pull the'shaft and
>tighten the nut" or is it wear?

You're not talking about rotational play are you?  I don't think you should
ever have true detectable side to side play in the pinion shaft... but I
could be wrong... so forget what I said.  <grin>

John L.
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