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Old 03-02-2010, 02:23 PM
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My truck has started i vibration that I think is coming from the rear. It will only do it when i let off the gas to coast down a hill. I am suspecting something like the driveshaft u-joint. What do you guys think? I posted here since it gets a lot of traffic.
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Old 03-02-2010, 02:49 PM
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i think youre right with the u-joint guess. thats what id put my money on. do you know how to check them?
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Old 03-02-2010, 02:57 PM
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i think youre right with the u-joint guess. thats what id put my money on. do you know how to check them?
No, I'm kinda new to driveshaft tech. How do you check? Thanks for the help.
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No, I'm kinda new to driveshaft tech. How do you check? Thanks for the help.
set the e-brake
put tranny in neutral
crawl underneath your truck
grab the drive shaft
slowly turn the drive shaft (back and forth in both directions), paying very careful attention to the u-joint. There should be no slack in the u-joint between the driveshaft and the flange. If it is really bad, you can hear it cluncking when you change rotational direction on the drive shaft.
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sometimes too you can push up and down on the drive shaft to check for play too
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sometimes too you can push up and down on the drive shaft to check for play too
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