Spur gear carrier "play"
 

Just started building my DEX, (loved the build so far) but now i've noticed, that, once assembled, the central spur gear carrier has a fair amount of play. The bearing on the opposite side of the slipper spring seems to be a very loose fit on the outdrive. For the moment i've "glued" the bearing on the outdrive with special Loctite adhesive for bearings. Was this a good idea ? Or is this a normal occurence and shouold I ignore it and just get on with the build?;)

Any help much appreciated

Also, is it possible to cover the front/outer cvd's with heat-shrink tubing or is there insufficient room inside the hub

not sure re your spur, definatly can put heat shrink on all cvd ok

Tnx all the same

If you mean that one of the bearings keeps coming loose each time you remove the slipper/spur from the carrier? Had that same thought but I just put a small amount of gear grease on the outdrive and the bearing keept in place.

Not only that the bearing falls off, but the whole shaft seems to be able to wobble about because of the loose fit of the bearing - bit worried about gear mesh / stripping spurs ...

Do not got that problem myself. Strange. Perhaps a silly question, but you have the two shims inside the bearings in place? One each side.
Should not help to fix the wobble though...

Yep, shims in place; I've even put a 0.2mm shim more behind one of the bearings (perhaps because I'm using an Asso spur which may be slightly thinner at the center)

When removed, the bearing does slide off mine, but a small bit of grease sorted that. No other issues with mine!!

OK, thanks ; maybe the manufacturing tolerances are just a bit off on mine...

I'd say its more likely that using a different spur is causing the slight differences. I've seen loads with the OE spur fitted with no probs at all. Out of interest, why are you using the assoc spur?

yer it will be the spur i tried associated slipper pads in mine and where the bearings slot in it was a bit tight i think the spur is thinner as well:thumbsup:

I'm using the asso spur 'cos I read somewhere it makes the car a little less noisy
The for-aft play caused by the thinner center of the spur was shimmed out by adding another .2 shim
Now the loctite bearing retainer has fully cured, the play seems to have dissapeared, problem solved for the moment

Any ideas for baseline shock oil viscosities/ pistons will be drilled 1.3/1.4
Set up sheets seem to give viscosities in different units, and I don't suppose 450 equates to 45 weight or does it...

Tnx for the replies so far