U-joint went bye bye!
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U-joint went bye bye!
well after my miraculous jump last year my truck had been wobbling at 40-50 mph, its been doing this for about 20000 miles now and i just got used to it, knowing it had something to do with the drive shaft, well just yesterday, going 65 down business 20, my u-joint couldnt handle anymore and decided to drop my drive shaft, all i hear clank clank clank on the ground, i knew what had happened when it did, so i stopped the truck and by the time i stopped it thought it was going 30 mph still with the driveshaft just jumping all over the ground! unfortunately i had to suck up my pride and got towed home by my friends jeep, but all in all it wasnt so bad, so a little word of advice, always check your u-joints!
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I check mine every time I change my oil!!! I just replaced it.
From my experience, the splines go bad, then it shatters the cap, then the u joint is just rattling around in the slot on the ds, then the u joint cracks...goodbye! haha, thats how it happens. Could be in 5 mins, could be in 50k miles
From my experience, the splines go bad, then it shatters the cap, then the u joint is just rattling around in the slot on the ds, then the u joint cracks...goodbye! haha, thats how it happens. Could be in 5 mins, could be in 50k miles
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haha, I hear that.
Your lucky, U joints are 12 dollars.
I burned my transmission in water...that was 2200.
Needless to say, I'd rather break u-joints!
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I got the "off brand" of Moog, it was 10+tax. Can't complain, I got 30k miles w/ the old one, I just replaced it because it had a slight clunk. I now have ~7k on the new one...no problem to date.
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btw i just paid $25 each for Spicer u-joints so i think i know what i am getting
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and BTW the brute force are the best affordable u joints on the market
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