So, I stopped driving the Jeep ASAP on 12/23 when the u-joint play I
mentioned late last month suddenly became a loud clunk, noticeable when
starting from a dead stop or lifting off the throttle at freeway speed.

Looks like Carl and nrs were right on the money; the U-joint was indeed
shot...

http://www.mukyj.com/images/U-JointFailure.jpg

That grinch Mr. Rust pilfered my bearings right before Christmas!


Not to worry, though: Santa put a pair of new NAPA greaseable u-joints
in my stocking, which were successfully installed today. :)


--
~/Garth - 1993 Wrangler S 2.5
{ }|||||||{ } "MukYJ"

 

On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 23:29:50 -0800, Garth Almgren <nospam@mukyj.com>
wrote:

>So, I stopped driving the Jeep ASAP on 12/23 when the u-joint play I
>mentioned late last month suddenly became a loud clunk, noticeable when
>starting from a dead stop or lifting off the throttle at freeway speed.
>
>Looks like Carl and nrs were right on the money; the U-joint was indeed
>shot...
>
>http://www.mukyj.com/images/U-JointFailure.jpg
>
>That grinch Mr. Rust pilfered my bearings right before Christmas!
>
>
>Not to worry, though: Santa put a pair of new NAPA greaseable u-joints
>in my stocking, which were successfully installed today. :)

Ah, the price we pay for the failure to include a simple, $0.10 grease
fitting on the U joint!

Don't you just love it when the maker leaves off the grease fitting,
and says: "maintenance free"?

 

Garth Almgren wrote:
> So, I stopped driving the Jeep ASAP on 12/23 when the u-joint play I
> mentioned late last month suddenly became a loud clunk, noticeable when
> starting from a dead stop or lifting off the throttle at freeway speed.
>
> Looks like Carl and nrs were right on the money; the U-joint was indeed
> shot...
>
> http://www.mukyj.com/images/U-JointFailure.jpg
>
> That grinch Mr. Rust pilfered my bearings right before Christmas!
>
>
> Not to worry, though: Santa put a pair of new NAPA greaseable u-joints
> in my stocking, which were successfully installed today. :)
>
>

Good thing you caught it, U-joint failure can be REALLY not fun... I
dropped a driveshaft in Ft. Bragg many years ago, fortunately it was the
rear joint that let go!

Jeff DeWitt

 

Glad it was a cheap fix. :-)

Carl


"Garth Almgren" <nospam@mukyj.com> wrote in message
news:5tovr8F1erb2sU1@mid.individual.net...
> So, I stopped driving the Jeep ASAP on 12/23 when the u-joint play I
> mentioned late last month suddenly became a loud clunk, noticeable when
> starting from a dead stop or lifting off the throttle at freeway speed.
>
> Looks like Carl and nrs were right on the money; the U-joint was indeed
> shot...
>
> http://www.mukyj.com/images/U-JointFailure.jpg
>
> That grinch Mr. Rust pilfered my bearings right before Christmas!
>
>
> Not to worry, though: Santa put a pair of new NAPA greaseable u-joints
> in my stocking, which were successfully installed today. :)
>
>
> --
> ~/Garth - 1993 Wrangler S 2.5
> { }|||||||{ } "MukYJ"