rear end ?
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Melting Slicks
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St. Jude Donor '06
rear end ?
Replaced the driver side u-joints and the car is still thumping hard into 2nd and 3rd. There is some play in the passenger side, if I hold the driver side tire still. But the u-joints look good, could I have a problem with my gears or are the pass. side joints also bad and I cannot see?
When I start off at half throttle or better, the car shifts perfectly. No noise or anything.
Thanks!!
When I start off at half throttle or better, the car shifts perfectly. No noise or anything.
Thanks!!
Last edited by Randy93; Jan 5, 2009 at 06:11 PM.
Le Mans Master
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Put the car in 1st or park depending on your application and get out of the car and give it a good hard shove forward and backward (rock it)and listen. Often times you can hear bad U joints pop around under the load. It is easier to identify bad U joints if your at eye level with the joint during the shove test....this may require an assistant.....do not get run over by your own car during testing.
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Did you remove the C-beam recently ? If it is not torqued down properly it will thunk. I changed all the u-joints at once, driveshaft and halfshafts. They are cheap enough and if one side is wore out how good could the other side be ? Just my .02 Good Luck with the fix.
Last edited by JD'S WHITE 93; Jan 9, 2009 at 02:25 AM.
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Did you remove the C-beam recently ? If it is not torqued down properly it will thunk. I changed all the u-joints at once, driveshaft and halfshafts. They are cheap enough and if one side is wore out how good could the other side be ? Just my .02 Good Luck with the fix.
U-joints should be replaced in pairs. Both sides should have nearly equal wear..WW
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Melting Slicks
Joined: Feb 2005
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From: Sebastian Florida
St. Jude Donor '06
Put the car in 1st or park depending on your application and get out of the car and give it a good hard shove forward and backward (rock it)and listen. Often times you can hear bad U joints pop around under the load. It is easier to identify bad U joints if your at eye level with the joint during the shove test....this may require an assistant.....do not get run over by your own car during testing.
