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Old Jan 1, 2011 | 02:30 PM
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How the hell do you miss this...

Ok so my buddy might have made a major oversight the last time he did truck maintence... I have no idea how he missed this... He came over last week saying his truck had a bad vibration. After a thurough questioning I slid under his truck and came up with the pics below. Needless to say he felt a little while I was .... How the hell do you overlook a ujoint??? You can see it's well rounded inside the yellow circle. the cap had 3 large chunks taken off as well as a stress crack on the inside... Oh and not one needle bering was left in this cap! I had a spare used one on the self and got him back on the road... Not surprisingly there was no vibration after he left...



 
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Old Jan 1, 2011 | 05:15 PM
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People think that if the joints are tight they're good but it can also mean they're dry and not long for this world.
 
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Old Jan 1, 2011 | 08:02 PM
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You kidding? That joint is good. It got him to your house
 
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Old Jan 1, 2011 | 11:06 PM
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Just fill the cup up with weld and drill it out to fit .... It will last at least another year. Ok maybe a Oz or two of grease as well.
 
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