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Street Queen
Posts:100

04/12/2005 8:10 AM
thought i could save me a couple of bucks,[:D] rear u-joint was bad so i changed it about 2 weeks ago. guess what?[barf2] front u-joint was bad also just didn't bother to check it-(you prolbly can guess where this is going)[V] sunday went to the hardware store in the truck, got about half way home front u-joint decides it wants to go fo a walk away from the truck, naturally I did NOT have any tools in the bleeping truck [B)]so i have to hoof it about 2 miles each way to bring some wrenches so i can take off the drive shaft to 'limp home' in front wheel drive(great thing about 4wd), front u-joint toast- drive shaft bounced around between ground, bottom of truck and muffler(new dents in it) tore up rear u joint and u-bolts holding rear u-joint on. so long story short i saved 10 bucks to spend 30 bucks to fix it again(right way this time)[@#@]

when in doubt use duct tape

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Posts:2375

04/12/2005 12:10 PM
DOH! [zomb] I've seen worse though, where the front driveshaft's front uJoint broke and tried to pole vault the truck, resulting in a quick death of the transfer case. THAT was ugly! Rick

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Posts:100

04/12/2005 1:51 PM
I feel like I got off lucky it happened in town and was only going about 25 mph and not on the highway going 65-it would have cost a lot more

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