Fron U-Joints
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From: Lorain, Ohio
Fron U-Joints
Hey guys. Can you guys believe that I have had this truck for almost 1 year and I had never driven it over 50mph. Well today I did and when I hit 65-70mph the front started to vibrate real bad. When I got home I got underneath it and as far as I can tell the u-joints are shot. They look original and they have 117,000 miles on them. My question is do they replace the same way as the ones on the rear drive shaft? I hope so because I replaced those ones and it was very easy. Also when I did the rear ones I put in ones that have grease fittings. Do they make these for the front? I know that I'm not a mechanic and this message board gives me the confidence that I need to fix things myself. Thanks in advance.
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I actually was. There was a lot of snow on the highway and I was giving my wife a ride to work because she doesn't like to drive in the snow. I had it in 4-hi. Is this bad for the truck. I used to have an Explorer and I would do it all the time. I hope I didn't tear up the tranfer case and that was why it was vibrating. Anyway the u-joints are loose and I was just wondering if you change them the same way as the rear drive shaft ones.
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its probley the wheel joints bad, you know the little ones at the front wheels that you have to dissasemble the entire front end to change them
im tired and going to bed now knowing that mine are bad and am to lazy to change them
im tired and going to bed now knowing that mine are bad and am to lazy to change them
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From: brimfield township,OH
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They change the same as the back but you also have a constant velocity to deal with. Those can be a real pain without four hands and a way to compress it. I tried and wound up throwing it against a wall before breaking down and taking it to a shop.
