RE: u-joint replacement
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That said, i don't know about your specific vibration problem, but i've never known a u-joint to fail on one of these cars. The driveshaft runs in a pretty much straight line, so there's not much "u" ing for those joints to do.
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At 250,000 miles I developed a Vibration from under the car,
I immediatley thoought "U-joint", SO I got under the car and PUSHED/PULLED/TWISTED/ETC and no slop was found.
But.. the vibration remained...
Not too long after than while pulling away from the timeslip booth I heard the TELL TALE "squeaksqueaksqueak" that Ujoints make when they are going bad.
SO.. I got front and rear Ujoints and Proceeded the task of removing the driveshaft.
Once again while I was under the car I PUSHED/PULLED/TWISTED/WIGGLED/ETC on the drive shaft and no slop or looseness was found.
Upon removal of the driveshaft I was AMAZED to find the front Ujoint was FROZEN.. STUCK SOLID as if it were WELDED!!!
So...
1. just because you wiggled it and it was TIGHT
2. just because the driveshaft doesnt MOVE MUCH
Doesnt mean that your ujoints wont wear out.
My Guess is.. because the front of the shaft DOESNT move TOO much that over time the Ujoint decided not to be a ujoint any more.
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That said, i don't know about your specific vibration problem, but i've never known a u-joint to fail on one of these cars. The driveshaft runs in a pretty much straight line, so there's not much "u" ing for those joints to do.
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At 250,000 miles I developed a Vibration from under the car,
I immediatley thoought "U-joint", SO I got under the car and PUSHED/PULLED/TWISTED/ETC and no slop was found.
But.. the vibration remained...
Not too long after than while pulling away from the timeslip booth I heard the TELL TALE "squeaksqueaksqueak" that Ujoints make when they are going bad.
SO.. I got front and rear Ujoints and Proceeded the task of removing the driveshaft.
Once again while I was under the car I PUSHED/PULLED/TWISTED/WIGGLED/ETC on the drive shaft and no slop or looseness was found.
Upon removal of the driveshaft I was AMAZED to find the front Ujoint was FROZEN.. STUCK SOLID as if it were WELDED!!!
So...
1. just because you wiggled it and it was TIGHT
2. just because the driveshaft doesnt MOVE MUCH
Doesnt mean that your ujoints wont wear out.
My Guess is.. because the front of the shaft DOESNT move TOO much that over time the Ujoint decided not to be a ujoint any more.