[mwalt177]

there should be no play at all in my u-joint??? have a little side to side play on one in the rear.

[bigpaul]

replace it asap

[exocaged]

Yep change it before it costs you big $$$ in other things that could be tore up. If you can buy a quality joint. I recommend the spicer life.

[mwalt177]

ok, so thats my vibration I guess. Its the factory u-joint with 76000 miles on it so its been good.

[lordbiotree]

go to a drive line shop and get a spicer non grease-able one.

[mwalt177]

lordbiotree, on 29 July 2010 - 09:35 PM, said:

go to a drive line shop and get a spicer non grease-able one.

why a non-grease-able?

[lordbiotree]

stronger and better. The cross pin is solid instead of being hollow.

[mwalt177]

ok cool. thanks for the info

[Lil Ugly]

For a DD that sees occasional offroad use with only a mild build, I would go with a quality greasable style. More ujoints fail from the needle bearings not having enough lubricant than any other reason. For a trail only rig non greasable is the way to go for the reasons stated earlier.

[exocaged]

Yeah dryness will kill a joint. The issue I had with greasable is most of them don't seal very well and I would not grease very much, combine that with mud and I was changing them every few months. Granted it was the advance cheapies. I think they were 8 bucks or something back in the day. The only issue with the spicer life joints is that I crushed the needle bearings in the front shaft. They had grease in them too. Overall they are the best joints I have found to date for driveshaft use.

[mwalt177]

Lil Ugly, on 30 July 2010 - 07:56 AM, said:

For a DD that sees occasional offroad use with only a mild build, I would go with a quality greasable style. More ujoints fail from the needle bearings not having enough lubricant than any other reason. For a trail only rig non greasable is the way to go for the reasons stated earlier.

thats sounds about like my rig. I think thats the way I will go

[K5sRule]

Factory joints are non greasable most of the time, I use spicer non greasables on everything... except the golf cart. Or ask yourself haw many times did you grease your previous u-joint? Or do you actually plan on doing it?

[mwalt177]

K5sRule, on 30 July 2010 - 05:36 PM, said:

Factory joints are non greasable most of the time, I use spicer non greasables on everything... except the golf cart. Or ask yourself haw many times did you grease your previous u-joint? Or do you actually plan on doing it?

I grease them everytime I change my oil. But the one that has failed is the factory non-geasable. Plus I just got some napa cheap Os joints for now. I may be going with a cv rear soon.

[mwalt177]

It was not the U-joint!!! The bolts holding the little U shaped clip back out a little bit. All good now!!

[ian99zr2]

loc-tite!!