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jam55king
PostPosted: Fri Oct 25, 2013 9:50 am 
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Checked brakes and changed prop shaft and still have this Ossalating grinding noise on my TX2 that gets faster as I get faster and slows down as I do, also worse when I'm 4 or 5 up (the weight I guess) and body know what this is? Thanks in advance
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Sussex
PostPosted: Fri Oct 25, 2013 7:37 pm 
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jam55king wrote:
Checked brakes and changed prop shaft and still have this Ossalating grinding noise on my TX2 that gets faster as I get faster and slows down as I do, also worse when I'm 4 or 5 up (the weight I guess) and body know what this is? Thanks in advance

Could be a bearing.

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jam55king wrote:
Checked brakes and changed prop shaft and still have this Ossalating grinding noise on my TX2 that gets faster as I get faster and slows down as I do, also worse when I'm 4 or 5 up (the weight I guess) and body know what this is? Thanks in advance


from front, back? worse on a left turn or right?

could be the diff also, UJ at the back?

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jam55king
PostPosted: Mon Oct 28, 2013 1:48 pm 
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It's at the back sounds like pass side have been told it could be the axle but I've never heard of that!
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jam55king wrote:
It's at the back sounds like pass side have been told it could be the axle but I've never heard of that!


the diff end has bearing as does the wheel end

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PostPosted: Mon Oct 28, 2013 7:23 pm 
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A would be Illegal immigrant named "Ossy Lait" clinging on underneath maybe..
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sunset
PostPosted: Thu Nov 07, 2013 5:31 pm 
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Prop shaft donut or the join in the prop shaft cant rember what its called
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wannabeeahack
PostPosted: Sat Nov 09, 2013 9:32 am 
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sunset wrote:
Prop shaft donut or the joint in the prop shaft cant remember what its called


propshaft joint?

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PostPosted: Sat Nov 09, 2013 10:09 am 
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wannabeeahack wrote:
sunset wrote:
Prop shaft donut or the joint in the prop shaft cant remember what its called


propshaft joint?

Universal joint?

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PostPosted: Sat Nov 09, 2013 10:16 am 
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unless its a 1 piece prop (doubtful) there will be a UJ at the gearbox end, a centre bearing in a support bracket halfway and another UJ at the diff end

1 piece type

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1 piece type

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centre bearing and support bracket
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UJ

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PostPosted: Sat Nov 09, 2013 10:19 am 
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seems both types COULD be fitted in a TX2

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0919956377

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LONDON-TAXIS- ... 0848862542

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http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_odkw= ... &_from=R40

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