Michael Maskalans <dml@tepidcola.com> wrote:
: On Tue, 1 Mar 2005, Dan Kramarsky wrote:
:>
:> How exactly do you check the U-Joints in my 4x2 automatic?
:> ( pretend i dont know jacksh!t, ok. ) ( well, that would not be to far from truth.
:> would it. ;-) )
: Get under your truck and try to wiggle the joints. Be sure to check both
: axies. If you feel play in the joints, they're very probably bad.
Due to my rather addled memory, I don't remember the source, but
I seem to recall hearing that u-joints can also tighten up when they
fail, in which case, lack of play might not necessarily mean that
the u-joints are good. So its probably one of those things where
if they are loose, then yep, they are probably bad, but if they are
tight, then you still haven't really learned anything about them. :-(
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-Jon-
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