Shiming sprint axle.

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Shiming sprint axle.

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I have changed all the oil seals and gasket on the sprint axle. The diff looks to be in good nick and it is painted. Trouble is I don't how to setup the backplate shims. The axle came with a load of them, but the little book of lies has no mention of the procedure and I can't find any forum posts.

How is the initial setup done?
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Re: Shiming sprint axle.

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If you can find Mike Weaver's blog he has done this on there.

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Re: Shiming sprint axle.

#3 Post by cleverusername »

Cheers found it, if anyone else is curious this is the link http://standardtriumphcars.blogspot.co. ... y.html?m=1

There is some pretty sophistication engineering on that blog, the efi stuff in particular.
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