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Tusses · 06-12-2006, 09:59 AM

OK Peeps lets see ...

I took my 67 Toro out on a day cruise on sunday with my local American Car Club. It's running pretty reasonable now. A Few carburation problems, but that's another thread.

Anyhow..

We did about 3 hours driving in convoy , only doing 30 to 40 miles per hour. Nothing too exessive.

On returning home I put a full RH lock to park and there was the sound you never want to here in a toro ! Only a gentle tap tap tap and I could feel it in the steering wheel and through the pedals.

My 1st thought was - I hope it's not the CV Joint - can you even get them any more (in the UK).

So my question is ..

Is there anything else I should be checking before I suspect the CV joints ? Anythin that could be loose etc.

As a point of relevence - or not, as I mentioned, I have carb/fuel problems. Nearly sorted now and it runs quite well. If I floor it, the tires screech and off you go, but it idles rough.

On the cruise I noticed it would drive rough - hunting and surging - but if I made a right turn, the revs picked up and I drove as smooth as you could want, until you straiten up and it was rough again ! ? * ?>?? Weired, but at the time I though it would give me something positive to look for when diagnosing the idling problem !

May or may not be related, but as the two events happen on a right turn there is a small posibilty they are related.

Any thoughts ??

Rich

06-12-2006, 09:59 AM	#1 (permalink)
Tusses Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Coventry UK Posts: 23	67 Toro CV Joints OK Peeps lets see ... I took my 67 Toro out on a day cruise on sunday with my local American Car Club. It's running pretty reasonable now. A Few carburation problems, but that's another thread. Anyhow.. We did about 3 hours driving in convoy , only doing 30 to 40 miles per hour. Nothing too exessive. On returning home I put a full RH lock to park and there was the sound you never want to here in a toro ! Only a gentle tap tap tap and I could feel it in the steering wheel and through the pedals. My 1st thought was - I hope it's not the CV Joint - can you even get them any more (in the UK). So my question is .. Is there anything else I should be checking before I suspect the CV joints ? Anythin that could be loose etc. As a point of relevence - or not, as I mentioned, I have carb/fuel problems. Nearly sorted now and it runs quite well. If I floor it, the tires screech and off you go, but it idles rough. On the cruise I noticed it would drive rough - hunting and surging - but if I made a right turn, the revs picked up and I drove as smooth as you could want, until you straiten up and it was rough again ! ? * ?>?? Weired, but at the time I though it would give me something positive to look for when diagnosing the idling problem ! May or may not be related, but as the two events happen on a right turn there is a small posibilty they are related. Any thoughts ?? Rich