Mitsubishi 3000GT Service Manual page 689

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MB991561
Adjusting bolt
FRONT AXLE
INSPECTION
Check the drive shaft for damage, bending or corrosion.
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Check the inner shaft for damage, bending or corrosion.
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Check the drive shaft splines for wear or damage.
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Check the inner shaft splines for wear or damage.
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Check for entry of water and/or foreign material into B.J.
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Check the spider assembly for roller rotation, wear or
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corrosion.
Check the groove inside T.J. case for wear of corrosion.
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Check the boots for deterioration, damage or cracking.
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Check the center bearing for seizure, discoloration or
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roughness of rolling surface.
Check the dust cover for damage or deterioration.
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B.J. BOOT (RESIN BOOT) REPLACEMENT
(1) Remove the large and small boot, bands.
NOTE
Do not reuse the boot bands.
(2) Remove the B.J. boot.
(3) Install the small diameter end of the B.J. boot by so locating
it as to expose only one of the grooves provided on the
shaft.
(4) Turn the adjusting bolt of the special tool to obtain a
standard value of the opening width (W).
Standard value (W): 2.9 mm (.114 in.)
Stopper
Tighten the adjusting bolt.
<When width is below 2.9 mm (.114 in.)>
Loosen the adjusting bolt.
NOTE
(1) One complete turn of the adjusting bolt will change
the width by approx. 0.7 mm (.028 in.).
(2) Do not give more than one turn to the adjusting bolt.
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