Hey Tom!
The front driveshaft is still off the truck but it will be going on
tomorrow. I ran into difficulty with getting the boot to seat correctly
around the CV Centering item within the Double-Cardan Joint. I also had to
order a new CV Centering Ball after the fact when I found it was rusting
inside. The main problem with the boot was that it sort of snaps over a
piece that is welded onto the drive shaft (think a snap on a coat). I
didn't have the right diameter sleeve to press it on.
Since I needed to balance it (forgot how pieces were disassembled), I had a
shop finish the assembly, grease and balance for $70. I just got it back
yesterday.
As far as the rest of the truck, I never did get that weird "spoon clacking"
noise back that we heard while leaving new york. Must have been the belt
was a little loose and cranking on the tensioner helped that.
I did find that I broke something else. On both sides, the rear clamp that
hold the leaf spring clamps together snapped and whenever I hit a seam in
the road, it clunks. I think I also have something clunking in the front
end, but I need to wait until I get the new clamps on to see if what I'm
hearing is a dfferent noise.
BTW, I pulled a quart of mud and leaves out of the frame rails this last
weekend. Thsi came after an hour of powerwashing everything, then pulling
about 2 gallons of stuff from under the front air dam and other places in
November.
And it still stinks!
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Chris Reck
Bloomington, IL
'99 Dakota Sport + CC 4x4 V6 (Deep Amethyst)
"It's not the meat, it's how you apply the rub"
"Terrible Tom" <SilverEightynine@aol.com> wrote in message
news:45880B01.2010207@aol.com...
>
> Chris Reck wrote:
>> I was able to repalce mine in under an hour at Daktoberfest with Jon's
>> help.
>>
>
> Hey Chris! How ya doin man!? Hey, how did the U-joint replacement turn
> out?
> I don't remember reading about the results? Any other trouble out of the
> truck as a result of your weekend encounter with Steiger Quick Set
> Concrete?
>
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