stress on ujoints?
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Racer
Joined: Sep 2005
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From: Austin TX
stress on ujoints?
Pulled the newly rebuilt rear end today because it has a leaking seal. After I disconnected the half axles from the diff yokes I noticed one of the ujoint caps came off freely and had busted pin bearings in it. On the other half axle one cap was stuck on tight and I had to remove it with a pair of channel locks-it too had busted bearings. These were new ujoints and have less than 100 miles on them so I'm wondering howcome they're busted to hell already. The only thing I can think of is my new spring is so tight it's making the car sit up higher than normal and stressing the ujoints. I guess i need the longer bolts to make it straighten out the axles more, but do you guys think this slight angle of the shafts is enough to put stress on the bearings in the caps and bust them to pieces? I didn't think there was enough stress from the angle it had to cause damage. The flanged ends that go to the spindles seem to move just as they did the day I put them on but will probably replace them too.
