driveshaft?
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Guess I misread other post, I thought the driveshaft had a slip joint in front of the rear u-joints. I looked at the rear flange bolts and they looked like the head of the bolts are similar to a torx socket?! How hard are they to remove, never been off and EX has 140k miles!
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They look similar but they are just regular 12pt. A 12mm 12pt socket is all you need. It is found in most socket sets.
My 2wd had a slip joint. Never heard of one in a transmission.
You'll need to cut the straps off the boot. I didn't reuse mine. I just used zip ties.
Does your truck clunk upon take off?
My 2wd had a slip joint. Never heard of one in a transmission.
You'll need to cut the straps off the boot. I didn't reuse mine. I just used zip ties.
Does your truck clunk upon take off?
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I've never seen a slip joint inside a transmission. How would that work? Every slip joint I've looked at, and it is well into the thousands, has been in the driveshaft. They all need to be lubed at one time or another,
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They look similar but they are just regular 12pt. A 12mm 12pt socket is all you need. It is found in most socket sets.
My 2wd had a slip joint. Never heard of one in a transmission.
You'll need to cut the straps off the boot. I didn't reuse mine. I just used zip ties.
Does your truck clunk upon take off?
My 2wd had a slip joint. Never heard of one in a transmission.
You'll need to cut the straps off the boot. I didn't reuse mine. I just used zip ties.
Does your truck clunk upon take off?
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Yes. I have found it normally easier to just say it is a slip in trans slip joint and the others a in drive shaft slip joint.
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So, what you are saying is that the splined shaft going into the trans tail housing has to be greased! It dosesn't get any lubrication from the trans, no rear seal in the trans!