U Joint question.
02-05-2007, 10:06 AM
#31
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Re: U Joint question.
Your yoke is now damaged from the last loose one.
I have 'never' seen a successful fix, the yoke needs replacing.
I had the exact thing happen to my CJ7 and tried to keep using it
'loose' like you have hoping the new straps would hold it. I got away
with it for quite a while too, but...
When it let got again, it grenaded the yoke so the driveshaft turned
into a propeller taking out my exhaust, my gas line and my brake line
while punching holes in the floor of the Jeep.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
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jerryg wrote:
> Installed new U Joint on my 95 YJ. Rear axle. Lower joint. Got the
> right part but it is not a tight fit into the yoke as I've been told
> it should be. The joint has a grease fitting. Should I loosen the
> straps and grease it up until the bearing caps contact the tabs, or
> leave it alone? The new joint seemed to quiet down my vibration
> problem. Thanks as always.
>
> Greg
>
I have 'never' seen a successful fix, the yoke needs replacing.
I had the exact thing happen to my CJ7 and tried to keep using it
'loose' like you have hoping the new straps would hold it. I got away
with it for quite a while too, but...
When it let got again, it grenaded the yoke so the driveshaft turned
into a propeller taking out my exhaust, my gas line and my brake line
while punching holes in the floor of the Jeep.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
jerryg wrote:
> Installed new U Joint on my 95 YJ. Rear axle. Lower joint. Got the
> right part but it is not a tight fit into the yoke as I've been told
> it should be. The joint has a grease fitting. Should I loosen the
> straps and grease it up until the bearing caps contact the tabs, or
> leave it alone? The new joint seemed to quiet down my vibration
> problem. Thanks as always.
>
> Greg
>
02-05-2007, 10:06 AM
#32
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Re: U Joint question.
Your yoke is now damaged from the last loose one.
I have 'never' seen a successful fix, the yoke needs replacing.
I had the exact thing happen to my CJ7 and tried to keep using it
'loose' like you have hoping the new straps would hold it. I got away
with it for quite a while too, but...
When it let got again, it grenaded the yoke so the driveshaft turned
into a propeller taking out my exhaust, my gas line and my brake line
while punching holes in the floor of the Jeep.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
jerryg wrote:
> Installed new U Joint on my 95 YJ. Rear axle. Lower joint. Got the
> right part but it is not a tight fit into the yoke as I've been told
> it should be. The joint has a grease fitting. Should I loosen the
> straps and grease it up until the bearing caps contact the tabs, or
> leave it alone? The new joint seemed to quiet down my vibration
> problem. Thanks as always.
>
> Greg
>
I have 'never' seen a successful fix, the yoke needs replacing.
I had the exact thing happen to my CJ7 and tried to keep using it
'loose' like you have hoping the new straps would hold it. I got away
with it for quite a while too, but...
When it let got again, it grenaded the yoke so the driveshaft turned
into a propeller taking out my exhaust, my gas line and my brake line
while punching holes in the floor of the Jeep.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
jerryg wrote:
> Installed new U Joint on my 95 YJ. Rear axle. Lower joint. Got the
> right part but it is not a tight fit into the yoke as I've been told
> it should be. The joint has a grease fitting. Should I loosen the
> straps and grease it up until the bearing caps contact the tabs, or
> leave it alone? The new joint seemed to quiet down my vibration
> problem. Thanks as always.
>
> Greg
>
02-05-2007, 10:06 AM
#33
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Re: U Joint question.
Your yoke is now damaged from the last loose one.
I have 'never' seen a successful fix, the yoke needs replacing.
I had the exact thing happen to my CJ7 and tried to keep using it
'loose' like you have hoping the new straps would hold it. I got away
with it for quite a while too, but...
When it let got again, it grenaded the yoke so the driveshaft turned
into a propeller taking out my exhaust, my gas line and my brake line
while punching holes in the floor of the Jeep.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
jerryg wrote:
> Installed new U Joint on my 95 YJ. Rear axle. Lower joint. Got the
> right part but it is not a tight fit into the yoke as I've been told
> it should be. The joint has a grease fitting. Should I loosen the
> straps and grease it up until the bearing caps contact the tabs, or
> leave it alone? The new joint seemed to quiet down my vibration
> problem. Thanks as always.
>
> Greg
>
I have 'never' seen a successful fix, the yoke needs replacing.
I had the exact thing happen to my CJ7 and tried to keep using it
'loose' like you have hoping the new straps would hold it. I got away
with it for quite a while too, but...
When it let got again, it grenaded the yoke so the driveshaft turned
into a propeller taking out my exhaust, my gas line and my brake line
while punching holes in the floor of the Jeep.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
jerryg wrote:
> Installed new U Joint on my 95 YJ. Rear axle. Lower joint. Got the
> right part but it is not a tight fit into the yoke as I've been told
> it should be. The joint has a grease fitting. Should I loosen the
> straps and grease it up until the bearing caps contact the tabs, or
> leave it alone? The new joint seemed to quiet down my vibration
> problem. Thanks as always.
>
> Greg
>
02-05-2007, 10:17 AM
#34
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Re: U Joint question.
How in heck do you thing grease can handle the stress of a spinning
driveshaft?????
'If' it was a hydraulically sealed system, then the hydraulic pressure
might allow the u-joint to 'float' between the ear caps, but this is not
even close to that.
Have 'any' slop in a u-joint 'will' lead to failure, usually sooner than
later.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
Carl S wrote:
> You can try loosening the straps a little bit and filling it with greast but
> it sounds like your yoke is warped. Try the grease first.
>
> Carl
>
> "jerryg" <Gregginn7@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:1170645705.693917.314700@v45g2000cwv.googlegr oups.com...
>> Installed new U Joint on my 95 YJ. Rear axle. Lower joint. Got the
>> right part but it is not a tight fit into the yoke as I've been told
>> it should be. The joint has a grease fitting. Should I loosen the
>> straps and grease it up until the bearing caps contact the tabs, or
>> leave it alone? The new joint seemed to quiet down my vibration
>> problem. Thanks as always.
>>
>> Greg
>>
>
>
driveshaft?????
'If' it was a hydraulically sealed system, then the hydraulic pressure
might allow the u-joint to 'float' between the ear caps, but this is not
even close to that.
Have 'any' slop in a u-joint 'will' lead to failure, usually sooner than
later.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
Carl S wrote:
> You can try loosening the straps a little bit and filling it with greast but
> it sounds like your yoke is warped. Try the grease first.
>
> Carl
>
> "jerryg" <Gregginn7@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:1170645705.693917.314700@v45g2000cwv.googlegr oups.com...
>> Installed new U Joint on my 95 YJ. Rear axle. Lower joint. Got the
>> right part but it is not a tight fit into the yoke as I've been told
>> it should be. The joint has a grease fitting. Should I loosen the
>> straps and grease it up until the bearing caps contact the tabs, or
>> leave it alone? The new joint seemed to quiet down my vibration
>> problem. Thanks as always.
>>
>> Greg
>>
>
>
02-05-2007, 10:17 AM
#35
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: U Joint question.
How in heck do you thing grease can handle the stress of a spinning
driveshaft?????
'If' it was a hydraulically sealed system, then the hydraulic pressure
might allow the u-joint to 'float' between the ear caps, but this is not
even close to that.
Have 'any' slop in a u-joint 'will' lead to failure, usually sooner than
later.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
Carl S wrote:
> You can try loosening the straps a little bit and filling it with greast but
> it sounds like your yoke is warped. Try the grease first.
>
> Carl
>
> "jerryg" <Gregginn7@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:1170645705.693917.314700@v45g2000cwv.googlegr oups.com...
>> Installed new U Joint on my 95 YJ. Rear axle. Lower joint. Got the
>> right part but it is not a tight fit into the yoke as I've been told
>> it should be. The joint has a grease fitting. Should I loosen the
>> straps and grease it up until the bearing caps contact the tabs, or
>> leave it alone? The new joint seemed to quiet down my vibration
>> problem. Thanks as always.
>>
>> Greg
>>
>
>
driveshaft?????
'If' it was a hydraulically sealed system, then the hydraulic pressure
might allow the u-joint to 'float' between the ear caps, but this is not
even close to that.
Have 'any' slop in a u-joint 'will' lead to failure, usually sooner than
later.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
Carl S wrote:
> You can try loosening the straps a little bit and filling it with greast but
> it sounds like your yoke is warped. Try the grease first.
>
> Carl
>
> "jerryg" <Gregginn7@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:1170645705.693917.314700@v45g2000cwv.googlegr oups.com...
>> Installed new U Joint on my 95 YJ. Rear axle. Lower joint. Got the
>> right part but it is not a tight fit into the yoke as I've been told
>> it should be. The joint has a grease fitting. Should I loosen the
>> straps and grease it up until the bearing caps contact the tabs, or
>> leave it alone? The new joint seemed to quiet down my vibration
>> problem. Thanks as always.
>>
>> Greg
>>
>
>
02-05-2007, 10:17 AM
#36
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: U Joint question.
How in heck do you thing grease can handle the stress of a spinning
driveshaft?????
'If' it was a hydraulically sealed system, then the hydraulic pressure
might allow the u-joint to 'float' between the ear caps, but this is not
even close to that.
Have 'any' slop in a u-joint 'will' lead to failure, usually sooner than
later.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
Carl S wrote:
> You can try loosening the straps a little bit and filling it with greast but
> it sounds like your yoke is warped. Try the grease first.
>
> Carl
>
> "jerryg" <Gregginn7@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:1170645705.693917.314700@v45g2000cwv.googlegr oups.com...
>> Installed new U Joint on my 95 YJ. Rear axle. Lower joint. Got the
>> right part but it is not a tight fit into the yoke as I've been told
>> it should be. The joint has a grease fitting. Should I loosen the
>> straps and grease it up until the bearing caps contact the tabs, or
>> leave it alone? The new joint seemed to quiet down my vibration
>> problem. Thanks as always.
>>
>> Greg
>>
>
>
driveshaft?????
'If' it was a hydraulically sealed system, then the hydraulic pressure
might allow the u-joint to 'float' between the ear caps, but this is not
even close to that.
Have 'any' slop in a u-joint 'will' lead to failure, usually sooner than
later.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
Carl S wrote:
> You can try loosening the straps a little bit and filling it with greast but
> it sounds like your yoke is warped. Try the grease first.
>
> Carl
>
> "jerryg" <Gregginn7@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:1170645705.693917.314700@v45g2000cwv.googlegr oups.com...
>> Installed new U Joint on my 95 YJ. Rear axle. Lower joint. Got the
>> right part but it is not a tight fit into the yoke as I've been told
>> it should be. The joint has a grease fitting. Should I loosen the
>> straps and grease it up until the bearing caps contact the tabs, or
>> leave it alone? The new joint seemed to quiet down my vibration
>> problem. Thanks as always.
>>
>> Greg
>>
>
>
02-05-2007, 10:17 AM
#37
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: U Joint question.
How in heck do you thing grease can handle the stress of a spinning
driveshaft?????
'If' it was a hydraulically sealed system, then the hydraulic pressure
might allow the u-joint to 'float' between the ear caps, but this is not
even close to that.
Have 'any' slop in a u-joint 'will' lead to failure, usually sooner than
later.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
Carl S wrote:
> You can try loosening the straps a little bit and filling it with greast but
> it sounds like your yoke is warped. Try the grease first.
>
> Carl
>
> "jerryg" <Gregginn7@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:1170645705.693917.314700@v45g2000cwv.googlegr oups.com...
>> Installed new U Joint on my 95 YJ. Rear axle. Lower joint. Got the
>> right part but it is not a tight fit into the yoke as I've been told
>> it should be. The joint has a grease fitting. Should I loosen the
>> straps and grease it up until the bearing caps contact the tabs, or
>> leave it alone? The new joint seemed to quiet down my vibration
>> problem. Thanks as always.
>>
>> Greg
>>
>
>
driveshaft?????
'If' it was a hydraulically sealed system, then the hydraulic pressure
might allow the u-joint to 'float' between the ear caps, but this is not
even close to that.
Have 'any' slop in a u-joint 'will' lead to failure, usually sooner than
later.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
Carl S wrote:
> You can try loosening the straps a little bit and filling it with greast but
> it sounds like your yoke is warped. Try the grease first.
>
> Carl
>
> "jerryg" <Gregginn7@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:1170645705.693917.314700@v45g2000cwv.googlegr oups.com...
>> Installed new U Joint on my 95 YJ. Rear axle. Lower joint. Got the
>> right part but it is not a tight fit into the yoke as I've been told
>> it should be. The joint has a grease fitting. Should I loosen the
>> straps and grease it up until the bearing caps contact the tabs, or
>> leave it alone? The new joint seemed to quiet down my vibration
>> problem. Thanks as always.
>>
>> Greg
>>
>
>
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