What a time consuming task… Some of the grease was already dried out and really sticky requiring extra force to remove them. Cleaned as much as possible and will leave the rest for the jet wash later on.
Updated 03-10-2012 at 10:58 AM by Kaz-kzukNA1
In the process of planting the needle/pin bearings. So many of them for each drive shaft and time consuming….. Left drive shaft rollers overhauled. Right drive shaft rollers cleaned and waiting to be inspected. Time to paint the joint ...
After thoroughly washing the parts, started to inspect the Left Drive shaft components. As expected, due to the wrong offset, there were several unusual markings especially on the outboard joint. Also, on the inboard joint, there were several markings possibly caused by ...
Updated 03-10-2012 at 10:59 AM by Kaz-kzukNA1
Now I understood why there was clicking noise at the Left drive shaft after removing it from the car and even when rotated it by just the hand. There was no 60deg offset between the inboard and outboard spider/tripod. The way the locking band was installed was also not the factory spec so someone opened this drive shaft in the past. ...
The owner cleaned the MTF strainer recently. Whenever I drain the MTF, I always check the state of the strainer to understand the condition of the transmission. The big particles will be trapped by the magnet plate at the bottom of the trans case but the metal powder and small particles are held inside this strainer before going through the oil pump. For this NSX, as the owner has already ...