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Title: U-Joint disjointed
Post by: guzziownr on September 07, 2015, 10:39:08 AM
The kids are back in school so I took some time and pulled the swingarm on the Eldo.  The U-Joint was in pieces and I know you folks like pictures of broken stuff sooo:

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-XDth-s5QXV4/Ve2tac9jxpI/AAAAAAAAAw8/ZD0FAkFgHeg/w771-h535-no/ujoint%2Bowey.jpg)

I will be taking a box of assorted T-3 and Eldorado parts for C. Mullandore at Antietam Classic Cycle to pick through to find some combination that will make my '75 Bitza go again.

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-LpgE5sSCTWc/U4TWy5xhLBI/AAAAAAAAAJs/ieRXGn5k-pI/w526-h311-no/redbike.jpg)
Title: Re: U-Joint disjointed
Post by: Antietam Classic Cycle on September 07, 2015, 10:47:29 AM
I think you've found the problem...  :wink:
Title: Re: U-Joint disjointed
Post by: Chuck in Indiana on September 07, 2015, 10:55:43 AM
Making a little racket, was it?
Title: Re: U-Joint disjointed
Post by: Lannis on September 07, 2015, 10:58:24 AM
Maybe time to back off washing that pretty bike so much .... This is what comes of it, I knew it all the time .....  !

Lannis
Title: Re: U-Joint disjointed
Post by: guzziownr on September 07, 2015, 11:11:54 AM
Quote from: Chuck in Indiana on September 07, 2015, 10:55:43 AM
Making a little racket, was it?

It started to make a cool whizzing sound on deceleration, then some not-so-cool sounds.
Title: Re: U-Joint disjointed
Post by: Perazzimx14 on September 07, 2015, 11:14:53 AM
Nothing several hundred dollars can't fix:

http://www.mgcycle.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=35&products_id=252
http://www.mgcycle.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=35&products_id=1430
Title: Re: U-Joint disjointed
Post by: Lannis on September 07, 2015, 11:16:09 AM
Quote from: guzziownr on September 07, 2015, 11:11:54 AM
It started to make a cool whizzing sound on deceleration, then some not-so-cool sounds.

The Spanish have a greeting that's as appropriate for "Life" as it is for "Sounds from Your Guzzi":

"Go with God, and may nothing new happen ... "
Title: Re: U-Joint disjointed
Post by: acogoff on September 07, 2015, 12:37:29 PM
     It is amazing to me how little racket they make when they are still marginally attached. But that one must have made some obvious crunching sounds.
Title: Re: U-Joint disjointed
Post by: tazio on September 07, 2015, 01:03:48 PM
Quote from: acogoff on September 07, 2015, 12:37:29 PM
     It is amazing to me how little racket they make when they are still marginally attached. But that one must have made some obvious crunching sounds.


I felt just a slight tremble on decel, (exactly like I read somewhere on this forum), so I took a closer look..
Caught it early and changed her out.

Sent it to this gentleman ~John P.Chicoine, Box 481, Russell, Massachusetts 01071. Cell: 413-454-
8002. Email: jchicoine@verizon.net

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Title: Re: U-Joint disjointed
Post by: guzziownr on September 07, 2015, 01:13:54 PM
Quote from: tazio on September 07, 2015, 01:03:48 PM

I felt just a slight tremble on decel, (exactly like I read somewhere on this forum), so I took a closer look..
Caught it early and changed her out.

Good picture!  I put the bike together out of whatever was in the garage at the time so no real idea how many miles were on the drivetrain.  Everything from the transmission back is scrap but I got 16 years of happy motoring out of it so good value for money.