More on the U-joint play
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" |
Re: More on the U-joint play
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"? |
Re: More on the U-joint play
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 |
Re: More on the U-joint play
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" |
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