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Originally Posted by shelby racer
I got it all back together and took it for a little test cruise (~5 miles) on Hwy 17 (Mt Hermon Rd to the next exit Granite Creek / Scotts Valley Dr). Everything seems okay but I will put it on the lift and check it once it has cooled off.
It still squeeks but that is most likely rubber suspension parts that just need to be lubricated. The "drive shaft" noise is gone and I don't actually think it was ever the drive shaft since there was never any evidence when I put it on a lift and looked that it was hitting anything. My mechanic found a whole bunch of loose things in the rear suspension and tightened most of them when he was giving it the once over. I still have to get him to finish looking at it. Not cheap, but a trained eye is worth its weight in gold.
Doe any one know what the torque on the big nut on the back of the up right is supposed to be. We preloaded it to what specs we could find (which put the nut about where it was on the driver's side and a little past where it was on the passenger side) but the bearing still seem to have a little play when you garb the tire top and botton and try to move it in and out relative to each other.
Welcome to Club Cobra Balance_Point. They don't call it the largest unbiased source of cobra info for nothing. Every one has an opinion and you get a lot of knowledge fast.
I will take some more (longer and longer) trips and then re-inspect everything and hopefully call it good.
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John,
Great to hear you're out doing some short test runs. I'm taking a little sabbatical right now (
), so I'm open for a mid-week drive.
After all you've been through with your car lately, lunch is on me in Davenport one day.
Email me when you're free.