Posted by sneezy on March 6, 2008, 6:40 pm, in reply to "broken tail shaft"
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The front tail shaft usually has about an 1/8 of a turn freeplay. Every now and then I get a clunk in the back end. This means for me i's time to grease the ball on top of the diff(mines greaseable). Original ones I believe are non greaseable unless you take them apart. Hopes this helps sneezy --Previous Message-- : On my 1984 RR broke the univeral jiont on the : front tail shaft last night, so removed the : front tail shaft and engaged the diff lock : and drove home very slowly and smoothly. So : need to ask around locally for the plate : which has the universal that bolts to the : diff. Any one else broke one of these. If : so do you know why it broke. My RR had a : bit of a clunk sometimes as we started off : and that may have tied up with this, but : this lasted 2 and a half years without a : problem. I always thought this clunk was in : the rear diff. This 1984 RR is the one we : are trying to sell for just $2500--. :