Front driveline play
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Front driveline play
While chasing rattles I found my front driveline has a tiny bit of slop where the splines go into the yoke. (There is a bellows seal there just like the rear driveline so I am assuming it is a splined shaft into a yoke). Pounding on it with my fist there is a definite rattle and grabbing both halves you can feel a slight bit of play while twisting it back and forth. The rattle sounds a lot like the one I am hearing when I hit small bumps. Is this normal or should there be zero slop in that joint? By the way the u joints feel and look solid.
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All the ones I've felt had a little bit of play in them. If it was so tight that there was zero play it's be pretty hard to get it to slide together.
On my Polaris RZR the front driveshaft splines were a significantly looser fit but a couple pumps of the grease gun would quiet it down. I can't remember if our trucks have a grease zerk there or not.
On my Polaris RZR the front driveshaft splines were a significantly looser fit but a couple pumps of the grease gun would quiet it down. I can't remember if our trucks have a grease zerk there or not.
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