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Old Sep 12, 2005 | 12:57 AM
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Cool drive shaft noise

while driving my truck i notice a tick tick tick tick sound coming from the drive shaft or something there.as i speed up the noise gets quicker but not louder.it sounds like something under stress or something.can anybody give me an idea of what i can do.Or has anybody experienced this problem before.one of my friends told me to grease my suspendion and drive shaft.
 
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Old Sep 12, 2005 | 05:58 AM
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Old Sep 12, 2005 | 03:54 PM
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your u-joints may need to be replaced, if there is grease fittings on them try greasing them
 
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Old Sep 16, 2005 | 03:25 PM
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I also agree it is the U-joints on the driveshaft. I had the same noise on my truck and so I took off the U-joints and looked in them and found that the bearings in them were damaged or gone from regular long-term use. Shop costs is about 90-95 dollars.
 
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Old Sep 17, 2005 | 01:37 AM
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U-joints are very simple to replace if you have some basic mechanic skills. and to buy them from the auto parts store will run you a lot cheaper than a shop.
 
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