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From post #95 on this page:
I had replaced a u joint which fixed my low end vibration under load, but vibrated around 45+mph. It was tolerable but annoying. I tried balancing the DS with hose clamps but nothing worked. Perhaps I needed different thickness c clips in the u joint as someone mentioned, or I needed to knock the cups back (which I thought I did). Lots of great advice posted in this thread, but a JY trip saved the day.
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93 245 m47
Just ‘replaced’ u joint (oh boy get ready for those pictures later on ) and I marked the driveshaft halves before disassembly. I then dropped the rear shaft, did u joint, now I can’t get the male spline to slide back into the female spline. Only goes on one of 2 ways or what? I’m pusbing pretty hard. Plz send halp
Here’s some pics. Pic 1 and 2 are great. Got both sides in on the DS and the c clips as well. I sprayed PB blaster on the caps before inserting. I was told to put them in clean and dry but I didn’t and it worked great.
Pics 3 and 4 are the pinion flange side. By the time I got the grease zirk (sp?) side installed, I had to press so hard it cracked the opposing side. Should’ve used lube so now I get to pay more money for a new u joint, go through the whole process over again, and then pay someone to balance the DS. Car will probably hopefully be for sale/crushed shortly after.
Currently running with NO c clips on the pinion flange side, as well as with that large crack. **** it
SOLVED: installed an m47 driveshaft from the junkyard for $27. It was from a 1992 car and had the arrows on each shaft unlike my 1993 cars. In fact, the arrows looked to be off a couple splines, and the center support bearing made noise when I spun it by hand, but i left it as is and all vibrations are completely gone from 0-90mph haven’t had it past that but that’s good enough for me. I will most likely have to replace the center bearing at some point but for now we will consider this solved. Thanks for all the advice, hopefully you guys have better luck than me
I had replaced a u joint which fixed my low end vibration under load, but vibrated around 45+mph. It was tolerable but annoying. I tried balancing the DS with hose clamps but nothing worked. Perhaps I needed different thickness c clips in the u joint as someone mentioned, or I needed to knock the cups back (which I thought I did). Lots of great advice posted in this thread, but a JY trip saved the day.
____________________________________________________
93 245 m47
Just ‘replaced’ u joint (oh boy get ready for those pictures later on ) and I marked the driveshaft halves before disassembly. I then dropped the rear shaft, did u joint, now I can’t get the male spline to slide back into the female spline. Only goes on one of 2 ways or what? I’m pusbing pretty hard. Plz send halp
Here’s some pics. Pic 1 and 2 are great. Got both sides in on the DS and the c clips as well. I sprayed PB blaster on the caps before inserting. I was told to put them in clean and dry but I didn’t and it worked great.
Pics 3 and 4 are the pinion flange side. By the time I got the grease zirk (sp?) side installed, I had to press so hard it cracked the opposing side. Should’ve used lube so now I get to pay more money for a new u joint, go through the whole process over again, and then pay someone to balance the DS. Car will probably hopefully be for sale/crushed shortly after.
Currently running with NO c clips on the pinion flange side, as well as with that large crack. **** it
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