axle noise & parts swap

[roccit_53 at scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca (C Boyko)]

On 4:35:20 pm 10/23/05 "Foxx (in a box)" <foxxinabox@wideopenwest.com> wrote:
> C Boyko wrote:
> >  OKay, so for curiosity, when you turn, which way makes it worse?
> >  (And David's nailed it, clickety clack is a bad noise) We had a
> >  noise turning left on Gino, which was the left axle, but that's
> >  contrary to what I'd been told.
>
>    turn left and it's the right axle. of course, it made noise once
> while turning right. still i know it's the right side because of the
> 1-to-2 boot hanging on there with grease all over the place :(

Yeah, the Cabby was like that, serves her right for not staying on the
road. But Gino was definitely turn left and it was the left axle. Wierd.
(we did the other axle the night before)
>
> >  And the outers are the same for the later cars, both 90 and 100
> >  fit, we took out Gino's 100s and popped in 90s. Mind you, we
> >  changed trannies ( and flange size) in between that, but the hubs
> >  were untouched. I'm not sure if you could build a hybrid axle (or
> >  if the outers even ARE any different), but the hub should work.
> >  (though someone said on very early 90mm hubs there is a
> >  difference, and they won't accept the 100s, not sure where the
> >  break year is).
> >  45 minutes is the time to beat. Daun and Julie, if you can believe
> >  it, did one last night on a Wolfie, but I still hold the recent
> >  title for most in 36 hours, at three...(1Cabby, 2 Gino)
>
>    okay, i'll take you challenge. not thinking that i can beat it,
> but what the hey. dark is here by 6pm and winter's coming. it needs
> to be done.    the only questions that i have are 1) did you have
> your tools ready so that you could do the job in one sitting? did you
> use power tools or standard muscle power? 2) was your axle pre-packed
> or was it one of the crazy ones that you had to do yourself? (also,
> were the boots already on it?) 3) any other items replaced while you
> were under there?    let me know and i'll see how bad i can flub this
> up. :)


It was a whole axle, fresh reman in a box. I guess we had semi-lined up
tools in the car, as we'd just done the other side, but no air, we weren't
even home (parking lot at Buffalo International). (Hell, I wasn't even in 
my own country!) And not prepacked, but assembled. Other items??? This was
on Gino, he just got a "new" engine and tranny, what more could he possibly
want? (and it was a team effort, Daun and I, both with other similar jobs
fresh in our minds.) My solo effort on the Cabby would be the more valid
time, it took 1.75 hours. THAT should be beatable. Easily.
At any rate, GL with it.
Cathy