Tail shaft bushing
 

Has anyone replaced the tail shaft bushing in a 96 Jeep GC.. Is it hard to
do in the car.
Any special tools needed..

Re: Tail shaft bushing
 

"Gerald K4NHN" <gcromer@usit.net> wrote in message
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> Has anyone replaced the tail shaft bushing in a 96 Jeep GC.. Is
> it hard to do in the car.
> Any special tools needed..
>

You mean the "transfer case tail shaft bushing"? You would have to take the
tail shaft housing off, press the old bushing out, and press the new bushing
in. How do you know, why do you think, it is bad? If it is, the rear drive
shaft front yoke probably is too.

Earle

Re: Tail shaft bushing
 

"Gerald K4NHN" <gcromer@usit.net> wrote in message
news:oMTZh.6034$Ut6.409@newsread1.news.pas.earthli nk.net...
> Has anyone replaced the tail shaft bushing in a 96 Jeep GC.. Is
> it hard to do in the car.
> Any special tools needed..
>

You mean the "transfer case tail shaft bushing"? You would have to take the
tail shaft housing off, press the old bushing out, and press the new bushing
in. How do you know, why do you think, it is bad? If it is, the rear drive
shaft front yoke probably is too.

Earle

Re: Tail shaft bushing
 

"Gerald K4NHN" <gcromer@usit.net> wrote in message
news:oMTZh.6034$Ut6.409@newsread1.news.pas.earthli nk.net...
> Has anyone replaced the tail shaft bushing in a 96 Jeep GC.. Is
> it hard to do in the car.
> Any special tools needed..
>

You mean the "transfer case tail shaft bushing"? You would have to take the
tail shaft housing off, press the old bushing out, and press the new bushing
in. How do you know, why do you think, it is bad? If it is, the rear drive
shaft front yoke probably is too.

Earle

Re: Tail shaft bushing
 

"Gerald K4NHN" <gcromer@usit.net> wrote in message
news:oMTZh.6034$Ut6.409@newsread1.news.pas.earthli nk.net...
> Has anyone replaced the tail shaft bushing in a 96 Jeep GC.. Is
> it hard to do in the car.
> Any special tools needed..
>

You mean the "transfer case tail shaft bushing"? You would have to take the
tail shaft housing off, press the old bushing out, and press the new bushing
in. How do you know, why do you think, it is bad? If it is, the rear drive
shaft front yoke probably is too.

Earle

Re: Tail shaft bushing
 

Hi Earl
It where the rear drive shaft come out of the transmission. It's a 2 WD.. I
can feel the play in the yoke by moving it up and down and right and left. A
friend has the same Jeep and I can't move it at all..

I have a vibration that I can't find when I let off the gas with no load on
the drive train. In the 50 to 75 mph range and I can hear it when it does
it.. I've replace the front u-joint. It was bad on one plane and good in the
other. The yoke didn't look bad, but I didn't put a mic on it... so..... The
SUV has 275K mostly road miles on it....

I've been told that the bushing can be gotten out with out removing the rear
housing. I'm waiting on the real shop manual to come in to see what it says.
I was told that it can be punched inward and it will slide out. Also that
there was a grove that a small punch will go between the housing and the
bushing to force the bushing inward to relieve the pressure so it will come
out... It's best to try and find out for sure before I start this...


"Earle Horton" <earle@vascongado.usa> wrote in message
news:46380bf2$0$31804$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
> "Gerald K4NHN" <gcromer@usit.net> wrote in message
> news:oMTZh.6034$Ut6.409@newsread1.news.pas.earthli nk.net...
>> Has anyone replaced the tail shaft bushing in a 96 Jeep GC.. Is
>> it hard to do in the car.
>> Any special tools needed..
>>
>
> You mean the "transfer case tail shaft bushing"? You would have to take
> the
> tail shaft housing off, press the old bushing out, and press the new
> bushing
> in. How do you know, why do you think, it is bad? If it is, the rear
> drive
> shaft front yoke probably is too.
>
> Earle
>
>

Re: Tail shaft bushing
 

Hi Earl
It where the rear drive shaft come out of the transmission. It's a 2 WD.. I
can feel the play in the yoke by moving it up and down and right and left. A
friend has the same Jeep and I can't move it at all..

I have a vibration that I can't find when I let off the gas with no load on
the drive train. In the 50 to 75 mph range and I can hear it when it does
it.. I've replace the front u-joint. It was bad on one plane and good in the
other. The yoke didn't look bad, but I didn't put a mic on it... so..... The
SUV has 275K mostly road miles on it....

I've been told that the bushing can be gotten out with out removing the rear
housing. I'm waiting on the real shop manual to come in to see what it says.
I was told that it can be punched inward and it will slide out. Also that
there was a grove that a small punch will go between the housing and the
bushing to force the bushing inward to relieve the pressure so it will come
out... It's best to try and find out for sure before I start this...


"Earle Horton" <earle@vascongado.usa> wrote in message
news:46380bf2$0$31804$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
> "Gerald K4NHN" <gcromer@usit.net> wrote in message
> news:oMTZh.6034$Ut6.409@newsread1.news.pas.earthli nk.net...
>> Has anyone replaced the tail shaft bushing in a 96 Jeep GC.. Is
>> it hard to do in the car.
>> Any special tools needed..
>>
>
> You mean the "transfer case tail shaft bushing"? You would have to take
> the
> tail shaft housing off, press the old bushing out, and press the new
> bushing
> in. How do you know, why do you think, it is bad? If it is, the rear
> drive
> shaft front yoke probably is too.
>
> Earle
>
>

Re: Tail shaft bushing
 

Hi Earl
It where the rear drive shaft come out of the transmission. It's a 2 WD.. I
can feel the play in the yoke by moving it up and down and right and left. A
friend has the same Jeep and I can't move it at all..

I have a vibration that I can't find when I let off the gas with no load on
the drive train. In the 50 to 75 mph range and I can hear it when it does
it.. I've replace the front u-joint. It was bad on one plane and good in the
other. The yoke didn't look bad, but I didn't put a mic on it... so..... The
SUV has 275K mostly road miles on it....

I've been told that the bushing can be gotten out with out removing the rear
housing. I'm waiting on the real shop manual to come in to see what it says.
I was told that it can be punched inward and it will slide out. Also that
there was a grove that a small punch will go between the housing and the
bushing to force the bushing inward to relieve the pressure so it will come
out... It's best to try and find out for sure before I start this...


"Earle Horton" <earle@vascongado.usa> wrote in message
news:46380bf2$0$31804$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
> "Gerald K4NHN" <gcromer@usit.net> wrote in message
> news:oMTZh.6034$Ut6.409@newsread1.news.pas.earthli nk.net...
>> Has anyone replaced the tail shaft bushing in a 96 Jeep GC.. Is
>> it hard to do in the car.
>> Any special tools needed..
>>
>
> You mean the "transfer case tail shaft bushing"? You would have to take
> the
> tail shaft housing off, press the old bushing out, and press the new
> bushing
> in. How do you know, why do you think, it is bad? If it is, the rear
> drive
> shaft front yoke probably is too.
>
> Earle
>
>

Re: Tail shaft bushing
 

Hi Earl
It where the rear drive shaft come out of the transmission. It's a 2 WD.. I
can feel the play in the yoke by moving it up and down and right and left. A
friend has the same Jeep and I can't move it at all..

I have a vibration that I can't find when I let off the gas with no load on
the drive train. In the 50 to 75 mph range and I can hear it when it does
it.. I've replace the front u-joint. It was bad on one plane and good in the
other. The yoke didn't look bad, but I didn't put a mic on it... so..... The
SUV has 275K mostly road miles on it....

I've been told that the bushing can be gotten out with out removing the rear
housing. I'm waiting on the real shop manual to come in to see what it says.
I was told that it can be punched inward and it will slide out. Also that
there was a grove that a small punch will go between the housing and the
bushing to force the bushing inward to relieve the pressure so it will come
out... It's best to try and find out for sure before I start this...


"Earle Horton" <earle@vascongado.usa> wrote in message
news:46380bf2$0$31804$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
> "Gerald K4NHN" <gcromer@usit.net> wrote in message
> news:oMTZh.6034$Ut6.409@newsread1.news.pas.earthli nk.net...
>> Has anyone replaced the tail shaft bushing in a 96 Jeep GC.. Is
>> it hard to do in the car.
>> Any special tools needed..
>>
>
> You mean the "transfer case tail shaft bushing"? You would have to take
> the
> tail shaft housing off, press the old bushing out, and press the new
> bushing
> in. How do you know, why do you think, it is bad? If it is, the rear
> drive
> shaft front yoke probably is too.
>
> Earle
>
>

Re: Tail shaft bushing
 

Chances are good that your bad universal joint caused the bushing damage.
If you still have the vibration, then you probably have something else going
on other than the bushing, unless the play you are describing is extreme. I
can't picture punching inward on the bushing to relieve the pressure,
because the transmission output shaft is still there to get in the way.
Installing the new bushing is going to present the same sort of problem.
The best bet is to wait for the shop manual, but many times the extension
housing, the part that the bushing is in, can be removed with the
transmission still in the car. Draining the transmission is probably a good
idea first, but the shop manual will discuss that.

Earle

"Gerald K4NHN" <gcromer@usit.net> wrote in message
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> Hi Earl
> It where the rear drive shaft come out of the transmission. It's a 2 WD..
I
> can feel the play in the yoke by moving it up and down and right and left.
A
> friend has the same Jeep and I can't move it at all..
>
> I have a vibration that I can't find when I let off the gas with no load
on
> the drive train. In the 50 to 75 mph range and I can hear it when it does
> it.. I've replace the front u-joint. It was bad on one plane and good in
the
> other. The yoke didn't look bad, but I didn't put a mic on it... so.....
The
> SUV has 275K mostly road miles on it....
>
> I've been told that the bushing can be gotten out with out removing the
rear
> housing. I'm waiting on the real shop manual to come in to see what it
says.
> I was told that it can be punched inward and it will slide out. Also that
> there was a grove that a small punch will go between the housing and the
> bushing to force the bushing inward to relieve the pressure so it will
come
> out... It's best to try and find out for sure before I start this...
>
>
> "Earle Horton" <earle@vascongado.usa> wrote in message
> news:46380bf2$0$31804$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
> > "Gerald K4NHN" <gcromer@usit.net> wrote in message
> > news:oMTZh.6034$Ut6.409@newsread1.news.pas.earthli nk.net...
> >> Has anyone replaced the tail shaft bushing in a 96 Jeep GC.. Is
> >> it hard to do in the car.
> >> Any special tools needed..
> >>
> >
> > You mean the "transfer case tail shaft bushing"? You would have to take
> > the
> > tail shaft housing off, press the old bushing out, and press the new
> > bushing
> > in. How do you know, why do you think, it is bad? If it is, the rear
> > drive
> > shaft front yoke probably is too.
> >
> > Earle
> >
> >
>
>