@#%#in U-joint! AGAIN
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@#%#in U-joint! AGAIN
IM SICK OF REPLACING UJOINTS. Rant off,
Where can i get a GOOD ujoint? Ive gone through 3 of them 2 from Napa on the rear driveshaft connecting to the rear axle. Its getting irratating. Driveline angle is corrected now, but i can't belive this crap. The one that was on it since i bought the truck lasted at least 8 months. Then the replacement blew 3 months after that now this one has gone after 5 months of use. At the point price isnt an object, since I have already spent plenty on it, id rather pay money for a good one and not have to pull that driveshaft, press the whole one out and install the new one. Anyone know??
Where can i get a GOOD ujoint? Ive gone through 3 of them 2 from Napa on the rear driveshaft connecting to the rear axle. Its getting irratating. Driveline angle is corrected now, but i can't belive this crap. The one that was on it since i bought the truck lasted at least 8 months. Then the replacement blew 3 months after that now this one has gone after 5 months of use. At the point price isnt an object, since I have already spent plenty on it, id rather pay money for a good one and not have to pull that driveshaft, press the whole one out and install the new one. Anyone know??
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Get a Spicer brand u-joint. Do you go through water or mud a lot?
My '74 highboy would go through joints a few months after going through any sort of water... until I started using Spicer brand. I never replaced another one after that for the next 15 years until I scrapped the poor thing.
Unless, of course, NAPA is selling you Spicer joints
Then, it's what's your driveline angle(s) look like?
BTW, it would say "Spicer" on the end caps.
My '74 highboy would go through joints a few months after going through any sort of water... until I started using Spicer brand. I never replaced another one after that for the next 15 years until I scrapped the poor thing.
Unless, of course, NAPA is selling you Spicer joints
Then, it's what's your driveline angle(s) look like?BTW, it would say "Spicer" on the end caps.
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I do have a good place to get spicer brand u-joints from DTS. No I dont go through any water or mud thats the wierd part. Napa isnt selling the spicers, so i think ill have to take a trip down there to get a spicer. i bought one before for a chevy with a custom-ujoint because of a alumium driveshaft so ill trek down there again.
Thanks for the help, hopefully i wont be posting about the u-joint again.
Thanks for the help, hopefully i wont be posting about the u-joint again.
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John I have had better luck with greasable ones, in my exp. they last better in lifted superdutys I grease the rear and front shaft joints every 3-5k with good syn. grease, the sealed joints are strong but the lube gets hot and leaks out, then you are sol.
P.S. when you are at DTS tell Claude he is a little B*tch.
P.S. when you are at DTS tell Claude he is a little B*tch.
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Originally Posted by John311t
...Driveline angle is corrected now, but i can't belive this crap.
Also, if the slip joint was ever disassembled, it needs to be put back together so that the yokes on both ends of the shaft are aligned, rotationally.
If you don't adhere to these two rules, you will have torsional vibration, and that will quickly kill u-joints.
Sorry if I am telling you something you already know, but I have talked to people in driveline shops that are unaware of these basic rules. I see lifted trucks all of the time that have the driveline angles all wrong.
