U-joint going out?
September 5th, 2010, 8:28 PM
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He did not elaborate and I didn't pursue that question, however upon inspection of the joint when I was at home under the truck I did see a small pin hole (tiny tear maybe) in the rubber boot/seal that could have very possibly been an injection site now that you mention it....
September 5th, 2010, 8:43 PM
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I went out and took another look and the u-joint itself is for the most part is clean of the grease and the "wet" area is at the end of the yoke coming out of the tranny... it has a small hole (weep hole?) and this appears to be the source of the oil/lube/fluid.
The red line points to it in the picture but doesn't show it from this angle...
I did check the seal again and it appears to have a small cut in it probably from road debris but it is minor and is not weeping or leaking in anyway and is only on one of the cap seal....
The red line points to it in the picture but doesn't show it from this angle...
I did check the seal again and it appears to have a small cut in it probably from road debris but it is minor and is not weeping or leaking in anyway and is only on one of the cap seal....
September 20th, 2010, 4:26 PM
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So I was up under the truck and inspecting the undercarriage and noticed a lot of grease sling at the front u-joint...
The rear one is spotless, the joint feels pretty snug and the sling appears to be coming from the joint not the tail stock of the tranny...
There are no grease fittings on the joint, its got about 47k miles on it.
I'll keep and eye on it, it could also be because it takes a bit more heat transfered from the transmission causing the grease to expand and sling...
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The rear one is spotless, the joint feels pretty snug and the sling appears to be coming from the joint not the tail stock of the tranny...
There are no grease fittings on the joint, its got about 47k miles on it.
I'll keep and eye on it, it could also be because it takes a bit more heat transfered from the transmission causing the grease to expand and sling...
Opinions?
today and it was the u joint. Its under warranty if your under the 5yr 100000 mile
power train warranty. It was done in less than one hour. That turned out good!!!
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