As Aaron said, as long as your wheels are turning, the driveshaft is
turning, but when you push in the clutch it does take the pressure off of
the driveline. It is possible to get a squeak from the u-joints, especially
if all of the grease has dried up out of them. Make sure when you buy the
new u-joints they have grease fittings. That will usually take care of a lot
of problems as long as you keep them greased, just don't overgrease them and
blow the little rubber seals. A few pumps on the grease gun handle is
usually enough. All of the older vehicles had grease fittings everywhere, it
seemed anyway, but between people not wanting to have to maintain their
vehicles and the parts manufacturers wanting to make sure that they could
sell more parts the grease fittings slowly went away. I noticed that on my
'96 there are functional fittings though, so I guess they got smart and are
starting to use them again, on some vehicles anyway. Well, good luck, hope
that fixes it.
Take Care & Keep On Truckin'~~~~~John
<<'96 Dakota Sport 4x4, 3.9L 5spd>>
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave" <ded74@yahoo.com>
To: <dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 8:27 AM
Subject: Re: DML: Re: Re: Checking u-joints?
>
> Would a worn out U-joint squeak? I'm gonna crawl under my truck this
> afternoon and take a look at things, but I've been getting some noises
from
> under my truck, sounds like it's coming from right under me, somewhere
> around the tranny/driveshaft area. It only happens when the clutch is
> engaged, and it sounds like it's something with the driveshaft, cause it
> speeds up as the truck speeds up and stops when I push in the clutch
> (driveshaft stops spinning when you push in the clutch, right?). Just
> curious if that's what it could be, but I'm gonna take a look this
> afternoon.
>
> --
> Dave
> Bensalem, PA
> '93 Sport 4x4 V-6
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