is the female part of the slip yoke suppose to have 2 teeth missing across from each other . i posted the other day about a vibration in the rear and tracked it down to the slip yoke . if you grab the drive line , you can move it back and forth alote , i greased the heck out of it and it still does it . think i need a new yoke ?

 

Mine has the two teeth missing as well. I think it is normal. There is a blue coating on the male end of the slip yoke, does your's still have it?

 

yes it has it just a little though

 

how is the shafts center bearing???

 

just changed it out . and new u-joints also . is the yoke supposed to be sloppy

 

it should slide in and out kind of snugg but not alot of wiggling side to side..is there alot of slop if you try to twist the 2 ends against each other???

 

its not realy snug its loose and it wiggles a good 3/16 of an inch

 

yes there is a lot of slop if you twist them against each other

 

id say it was time for a shaft then...the shaft should not be sloppy enouph to fall out but it does need to slide in and out with a little effort like a shock..

 

a new frive shaft or new yoke>?

 

a new drive shaft or new yoke>?

 

realy hard telling with out seeing what it is doing..im a believer in fix it all or dont bother..if i have a bad leaf spring on one side i replace the hole pack and i do both sides...id get the hole shaft but thats your call..

 

how much do you think that would be ?

 

found this one on the 1st site i looked at.. http://www.trademotion.com/partlocator/index.cfm?action=getLocatorKeySearch&siteid=214290 &chapter=DP2171&catalogid=1&year=1999&make=10&mode l=F350not sure what you have for a truck..but look around at our sponsers web sites...

 

When I had my drive shaft apart two weeks ago the splines were very snug. Absolutly no slop side to side. And it was a bit of a tug to get the two halves apart.
If my shaft was as sloppy as yours is, I would be replacing it.