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Old Apr 10, 2009 | 10:27 PM
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front dive shaft has play

Last week a brought my truck to the dealer for a leaky steering box and a leaky front diff.

They replaced the the steering box and the seal where the drive shaft enters the front diff.

Now a week later the truck makes a horrible noise while moving. The front frive shaft has lots of play in it. When I jack up DS front tire and spin the wheel it spins freely slow but if you turn it fast it stops. The front drive shaft looks like it moves forward and butts up against the front diff causing the resistance.

I have a 4 inch lift and I am worried that they will place blame on the lift.
I plan on taking it back to the shop monday morning.
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Old Apr 11, 2009 | 07:27 AM
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well yea they will try to blame anything to get out of fixing under warranty, pull the shaft off and chek where its mounts on the transfer case and differential something came loose inside one i bet
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Old Apr 11, 2009 | 11:42 AM
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the thing is they just replaced the front pinion seal. I will tell them they were just in there they must of broke it/not installed the seal right.
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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 09:03 PM
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well took my truck to the dealer today. They are going to order me a front drive shaft, which is on back order....
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