Thanks Leon, that’s the kind of info I’ve been fishin’ for here. I’ve got mine all fixed up to my satisfaction, with a new felt packing and plug in the other end of the spline.
I don’t have the years of experience with these trucks like some of the guys here, and the manuals are very vague, so I’m trying to squeeze in 40 years of knowledge into a couple of weeks. I guess you could say that I’m building a data base, so I’m interested in all the design variations and different opinions. Sometimes because of this quest for detail I put people off , I know that’s how I affect my wife most of the time.
The seal in yours strikes me kind of odd, what I’m having trouble understanding is how you get the seal over the spline? There is a ½” difference in diameter between the spline and the sealing surface, that’s is why the felt or cork works well, you can make an angled split to install it, just like the washers are installed.
Well it took a weeks worth of learning but here is my first attempt at Webshots, hope it works;
http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2496776410098611668vePRzQ You can plainly see the large step in the diameters in this photo.
Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL
