On Jul 6, 2009, at 13:34 , Kenneth M. Berntsen wrote:
> Do I need to get this splined shaft replaced?
>
> http://gallery.kennethberntsen.com/dakota
>
> The front passenger half shaft went out and sat there chewing up the
> spline for who
> knows how long. I tried just replacing the half shaft back in april
> and when I
> changed the oil yesterday noticed that it was loose and had slid
> down about an inch.
>
> I'm assuming that normal is for it to not have any play to slide
> around on that
> shaft like the driver side shaft.
Those splines look completely wasted but I must confess I have no clue
what I'm looking at. I can't think of anything that has splines like
that without being threaded for a nut on the end. idler arm in the
steering linkage of a pre-2001 4x4 is the only possibility I can think
of but I thought that was just one piece....
confused,
Mike
cute kota on 4Dz
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