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Old Nov 11, 2004 | 08:01 PM
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I was under my 69 corvette today, and noticed the inner half shaft u-joint bearing cup, has been walking itself around inside the u-joint clamps, scarry stuff!! I don't know how long they have been like that, but is this a comon problem and easy to fix?
Also, what corvettes had 3 inch half shafts verses 2.5 inch half shafts?
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Were the clamps just loose or the caps spining in the yoke? 75 started with the larger 1/2 shafts.
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Old Nov 11, 2004 | 08:17 PM
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caps are tight, but only one side of the u-joint is slipping, and on both sides of the car, really odd!
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2.5 inch are early, 3" are older years - I think they changed in 73 or 74.
I'm confused at what you mean in your first post. Can you post
a pic that shows it ? Maybe someone installed the wrong
Ujoint ? dunno.
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I havn't learned how to post any pics, I f you can tell me a easy way to do this, I can send you some pics.
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