f.y.i: what a U.J shouldn't look like

[Ogmios]

just for info - hope this is some use to someone.
some pics and a vid link of my old U.J.
the front one nearest the gearbox - pics and a vid link.


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[David Lee]

Got your money's worth out of that one then

 

[bumpmuncher]

i bet that was making a noise looks like you got VFM from it

 

[Packer]

The technical term for that is f***ed

 

[(RIP) maverick]

That one looks ok, this is really how it should not look like

 

[Sylvester]

Pah!! there's a few more KMs left in that bad boy, just wear ear plugs.

 

[Ogmios]

the only symptom was a slight (no - really!) clunk changing gear and the real clue was vibes through the foot pegs as i shut the throttle slowing down.... exactly the same as my Guzzi just before it ate its U.J.
if it hadn't copped that i dread to think of the damage

 

[BamBam]

just for info - hope this is some use to someone.
some pics and a vid link of my old U.J.
the front one nearest the gearbox - pics and a vid link.


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Ogmios
I can only salut you Being able to ride the bike that smooth so the sharft did'nt explode I only wish I had that talent

 

[Ogmios]

Ogmios
I can only salut you Being able to ride the bike that smooth so the sharft did'nt explode I only wish I had that talent

pfft!
believe me - it aint talent.
i'm used to nursing fragile things.
..but enough of my self esteem, ego etc.

 

[Canuck]

So what would a new one look like so that the untrained eye could spot the difference...

 

[fayeslane]

Shit - you know we are all going to have to check our unis now

 

[Redboots]

Shit - you know we are all going to have to check our unis now

Nope, mine looks like this

Standard should look like this...

John

 

[Ogmios]

So what would a new one look like so that the untrained eye could spot the difference...

look at any u.j. - say the one you get in a socket set.
no play in any pivot point = good.
ANY play in a pivot point = replace!

at 8 to 11 seconds in the vid, you clearly see (a lot!) of play. forward / backward.
at 30 seconds in, i point to scoring - the result of that play.
at 41 seconds and 1.21 and 1.41 again, visible and audible play.

even a cheap socket set u.j wouldn't do that.
hope that helps.

... i should do a repeat vid showing the Guzzi's u.j... it's worse.

 

[Canuck]

THanks for that... it looked loose to me but having not seen one from a bike I had no idea what was different... apart from the scoring on the side. One more fact to add to the bike knowledge section! I had better go take my bike apart now to check it...

On second thought maybe not.