On Sat, 31 Jul 2004 11:02:36 -0700, "CRWLR"
<noneofyourbusiness@yahoo.com> wrote:

>You should be able to COMPLETELY remove the drive shaft from the vehicle and
>work on those joints on your bench. If you are doing this from under the
>vehicle, you are doing it wrong.
>

OK, I took Jerry's advice and removed the whole driveshaft. I'll put
up pictures later. To make a long story short, I believe "the
operation was a success" due in no small part to the input I received
from this group. Thanks again, everyone! I got the u-joint pressed
into the driveshaft and reinstalled the driveshaft along with a new
tranny mount, and got the skidplate bolted back up there. Tomorrow
I'll check all of the fluid levels, put a couple of gallons of gas in
the Jeep, and see if I can't get it started up. When I last got it
home after the u-joint had failed I was running on fumes. I let it
sit a couple of weeks and when I went to start it up, it wouldn't
start. I'm almost positive it's just out of gas. The only thing I'm
worried about now is how smoothly it'll shift because after the
u-joint went out it was hard to keep it in 1st and 3rd gear (3 speed
manual tranny) as if though something got shifted around under the
floorboards. Hopefully I've got that all lined up right now and it'll
shift ok. If not, I know a group of people that I'll have to bug with
a few more questions. :-/ Thanks again.

--

Less drivel, more Dremel.
Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite,
and furthermore always carry a small snake.
- W.C. Fields

 

On Sat, 31 Jul 2004 11:02:36 -0700, "CRWLR"
<noneofyourbusiness@yahoo.com> wrote:

>You should be able to COMPLETELY remove the drive shaft from the vehicle and
>work on those joints on your bench. If you are doing this from under the
>vehicle, you are doing it wrong.
>

OK, I took Jerry's advice and removed the whole driveshaft. I'll put
up pictures later. To make a long story short, I believe "the
operation was a success" due in no small part to the input I received
from this group. Thanks again, everyone! I got the u-joint pressed
into the driveshaft and reinstalled the driveshaft along with a new
tranny mount, and got the skidplate bolted back up there. Tomorrow
I'll check all of the fluid levels, put a couple of gallons of gas in
the Jeep, and see if I can't get it started up. When I last got it
home after the u-joint had failed I was running on fumes. I let it
sit a couple of weeks and when I went to start it up, it wouldn't
start. I'm almost positive it's just out of gas. The only thing I'm
worried about now is how smoothly it'll shift because after the
u-joint went out it was hard to keep it in 1st and 3rd gear (3 speed
manual tranny) as if though something got shifted around under the
floorboards. Hopefully I've got that all lined up right now and it'll
shift ok. If not, I know a group of people that I'll have to bug with
a few more questions. :-/ Thanks again.

--

Less drivel, more Dremel.
Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite,
and furthermore always carry a small snake.
- W.C. Fields

 

On Sat, 31 Jul 2004 11:02:36 -0700, "CRWLR"
<noneofyourbusiness@yahoo.com> wrote:

>You should be able to COMPLETELY remove the drive shaft from the vehicle and
>work on those joints on your bench. If you are doing this from under the
>vehicle, you are doing it wrong.
>

OK, I took Jerry's advice and removed the whole driveshaft. I'll put
up pictures later. To make a long story short, I believe "the
operation was a success" due in no small part to the input I received
from this group. Thanks again, everyone! I got the u-joint pressed
into the driveshaft and reinstalled the driveshaft along with a new
tranny mount, and got the skidplate bolted back up there. Tomorrow
I'll check all of the fluid levels, put a couple of gallons of gas in
the Jeep, and see if I can't get it started up. When I last got it
home after the u-joint had failed I was running on fumes. I let it
sit a couple of weeks and when I went to start it up, it wouldn't
start. I'm almost positive it's just out of gas. The only thing I'm
worried about now is how smoothly it'll shift because after the
u-joint went out it was hard to keep it in 1st and 3rd gear (3 speed
manual tranny) as if though something got shifted around under the
floorboards. Hopefully I've got that all lined up right now and it'll
shift ok. If not, I know a group of people that I'll have to bug with
a few more questions. :-/ Thanks again.

--

Less drivel, more Dremel.
Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite,
and furthermore always carry a small snake.
- W.C. Fields