Peter Delaney
GT40s Supporter
I am wondering if any of our experts can give me an opinion on a couple of issues with my G50 :
a) How much lash is "normal" in a G50. With the car jacked up, the wheels at ride height & in gear, I can move one wheel about 20mm (at the tyre surface) before the other wheel moves. Using my 40 year old trig, this seems to work out at about 3.6 degrees of free movement. Does anyone know if this is within normal tolerance ?
The reason I ask is that I can get quite a "clunk" on changing gears (if I don't get it just right), & can induce a repetitive clunking (hunting) on a very light throttle at low cruising speeds (light load).
b) The LH drive flange can be moved in & out about 0.5mm (there is no sideways free play on the RHS). Again, does anyone know if this is "normal", or whether I have a major bearing problem on this side ?
Perhaps this could explain why I have some pronounced clunking from the back of the car when I run down my very rough driveway in neutral ? I have replaced all the spherical joints in the rear end with high-quality teflon units, but that only fixed some of the clunking problems.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Kind Regards,
Peter D.
a) How much lash is "normal" in a G50. With the car jacked up, the wheels at ride height & in gear, I can move one wheel about 20mm (at the tyre surface) before the other wheel moves. Using my 40 year old trig, this seems to work out at about 3.6 degrees of free movement. Does anyone know if this is within normal tolerance ?
The reason I ask is that I can get quite a "clunk" on changing gears (if I don't get it just right), & can induce a repetitive clunking (hunting) on a very light throttle at low cruising speeds (light load).
b) The LH drive flange can be moved in & out about 0.5mm (there is no sideways free play on the RHS). Again, does anyone know if this is "normal", or whether I have a major bearing problem on this side ?
Perhaps this could explain why I have some pronounced clunking from the back of the car when I run down my very rough driveway in neutral ? I have replaced all the spherical joints in the rear end with high-quality teflon units, but that only fixed some of the clunking problems.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Kind Regards,
Peter D.