Bristol 400 rear axle gears
Geoff,
I downloaded info from Ashley's site that I think you helped him with. This
shows the unit I have, and not the one my manual shows.
Correct and so now I see that I may have a later 401 diff. After standing
on my head and cursing 12 times, figured out that the problem is that I have
ONLY one distance washer. Hence no proper bearing adjustment. How this unit
ran quietly for all these years is a mystery.
I will make up new distance washers and then set my lash accordingly.
By the way it would be hard to adjust with shims as it took quite a lot of
tapping and pulling to get the housing off the case .
I have 6" of snow in the driveway so no Bristoling for a while!
Cheers
Dorien
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