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    thehackmechanic

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    My thought is that with the CSB loosely fitted, the realtive stiffness of the Guibo will overcome the lateral stiffness of the loosely fitted CSB and as you rotate the shaft, the CSB wiill move until it reaches the poition where it put the least stress on the Guibo.

     

    This is similar in concept to using a stiff aluminum disc -- just makes an assumption that the relative stiffness of the guibo (while nowhere near that of an aluminum piece) is sufficient to get the same benefit.  While I can see this working for lateral location of the CSB I don't think it will help with the vertical positioning as Guibo is not going to be stiff enough to bear the load of the shaft without flexing.

    thehackmechanic

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    So if you started with the drive shaft not parallel (perpendicular really) to the guibo, once you tighten it, with the center bearing loose, shouldn't the drive shaft now be square to the guibo and the kink is now accomodated at the centerbearing universal joint.  So rotating the shaft a few times should "center" the center bearing to a location where it puts the least stress on the guibo.  Then tighten it.  

     

    Like you said, the universal joints are there to take up some of misalignment -- let them work.

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