[R-390] Differential Gear Assembly
David P. Goncalves
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Sat, 24 May 2003 16:18:01 +0100
Hello all,
After disassembling the differential gear assembly and cleaning it,
I put it back together with a smile of accomplishment. Unfortunatly,
the bastar* binds up now. I did some reading on this in the Pearls,
and it seems that the differential assembly has a particular assembly order.
Oops, I didn't note that. Now that makes it 18 different ways to assemble it.
Question: Why does it have a preferred assembly order? Why must a gear go onto a
particular shaft? Will it ever work again?
Observations: When it binds, it is a soft bind; it can turn through it, but with
some force. The rear steel gear is obviously not parallel to the brass detent
plate. One of the small planetary split gears has a noticable gap in the split
gears - the worst binding occurs then this gap runs into the sun gear. Oddly,
one of the planetary gear shafts is loose.
Dave Goncalves