If the difference is only .2 mm (0.008") I'd have been tempted to dust .1 mm (0.004") off the end of each bearing cap. That's almost an emery cloth job. Certainly a quick minute with a belt sander (If you own a micrometer).
That's a very cool idea, but no, I don't have micrometers.
That makes a good point though, the circlips I've ground down were not measured at all, I just made them all thinner, and no doubt to varying degrees
And oddly enough, I just came across this video, it's from an in depth series on uj's and propshafts. He's a bit slow getting through stuff, but interesting all the same.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10BhHuwnQ7IIt's a segment on centering and adjusting axial play in uj's, and it seems that many uj's come with circlips or G-clips etc, of varying thicknesses for adjusting the axial play. It seems that'd be a good idea in the case of the 50.2mm and, if the circlip groove is deep enough, the 49mm I imagine. Or maybe work out the thickness needed for the guzzi yokes and see if they're manufactured to that size, if so, it could be quite a useful resource for forums such as this. The thing is though, I'm sure I took more than 0.1mm off the circlips, and I still think it's a bit tight, and giving some preload, certainly no detectable axial play.
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