Front drive shaft...%$@#$%#
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Front drive shaft...%$@#$%#
This thing has been so aggrevating! What you would normally think is a 5 minute job has been a real PITA! First the cage and ***** escaped there happy home, after fighting them for hours the finally gave up and decided to pop right in. Cool. So tonight I get under the truck to bolt the shaft in and its too long...so after a short battle I realize I don't have a driveshaft shortener in my tool box so I disassemble it and flip the center stator (or what ever its called) over and that makes it just short enough that I can get it into place with slight persuasion. Ok so far so good but(seems there is always a but) the transfer case end is not square with the flange. Now you would think that its basically a cv joint and should flex a little...nope nada nilch!!! The SOB stays square with the shaft and won't budge...anybody?
John
John
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yeah, looks like the same problem i had, but i didn't put it back under my truck until it was right. when you go to put it back together, don't try to line up the the ball cage with the outer race. actually stagger it a notch. if you look, two grooves are close together then a larger gap then the next two are close together. line the two close together groves in the race up with the two close together holes in the cage. it will go together a lot easier. oh yeah, all of the ***** go in somewhat at once.
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