Good thing you checked it out, that could have been major. That seems like
some short life for U-joints for sure.
Rascal
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of DAKSY
Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2005 9:35 PM
To: Dakota Mailing List
Subject: DML: Baaad Vibes
Hey, DML!
Drivin to & from work last week I was feelin somethin was amiss in the
DAKSY...
Under load, 5th gear @ abt 65 was creating some kinda wierd
seat-of-the-pants vibrations...
Downshift to 4th - nuthin - at least that's how it was EARLY last week...
By Wed, I was getting vibes in 4th & 5th - no noise - just vibrations...
Thought about my maintenance & every thing has been done as required for a
Dak with 106K..
Thursday after work I decided WTF, & took her outta gear & crawled
underneath & grabbed the driveshaft near the rear (companion) yoke...HOLY
SH*T! I didn't et play I got SLOP! I could move the shaft 1/16 " to either
side! I got 69K+ on the OEM u-joints - less than 37K on the NAPA
replacements...
Well after 3 days of soaking in penetrating oil & under a 6-ton press load I
managed to get them out & in...
The d-shaft is still not in but the bugs were feasting on me & It's HOT
out...
Turns out the rear UJ had one cap with absolutely NO ROLLER bearings left..&
they were greased about 12K ago...Oh, well, coulda been somethin
major...I'll be Dakkin tomorrow!
Bob Smith (DAKSY2K on AIM)
(The Yellow Pearl HD Sporty is "in transit!)
Averill Park, NY
2K DAK SY CC Sport + V6 4X4 5 Speed
WebPage URL: http://home.nycap.rr.com/daksy/
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