Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer

Started the OH of drive shafts.
Not much to report or taking photos during this process as it’s such a messy and greasy tasks….

1st stage cleaning and inspection done on all 12 rollers.
No critical markings in the pillow pocket area so moving onto the disassembly and re-planting the 100’s of pin bearings. ...

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Leaky right side outboard joint.


All four joints disassembled and 1st stage cleaning process done.


Painted the four joints….

Time for another long-long 100’s of pin bearing planting process next….

Kaz

Updated 14-07-2011 at 08:12 PM by Kaz-kzukNA1

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After thoroughly washing the parts, started to inspect the Left Drive shaft components.



As expected, due to the wrong offset, there were several unusual markings especially on the outboard joint.











Also, on the inboard joint, there were several markings possibly caused by ...

Updated 03-10-2012 at 10:59 AM by Kaz-kzukNA1

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Decided to take some rest yesterday and now I'm feeling much better.


Started to refurbish the drive shaft.


Due to the excessive corrosion at the wheel speed trigger teeth, outer joint had to be replaced and I bought used complete drive shaft from my friend.



It looked fine from outside but when I opened the Inner Joint and inspected it, one of the roller was cracked.


Because ...

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