Just curious..

was having a very low shudder in my 3500 for a few days... Finally got under there and jacked up the front end on it, and all was well.. All front is new, Moog, and NAPA parts to boot, as well as brand new BFG 10 ply AT tires.. Muds werent available and needed tires in a pinch...

what was wrong was the front drive shaft... I could move that sucker up and down about 1/2 inch minimum or more... I went about to remove it, and checked the cardon joints, and neither the front, or the rear one seemed to have any "play" or slight stick or jump to it...

moreso, with the shaft off the truck... i was not able to get the shaft to bend the same way with it even on a vise... ***?

solution to me is obvious, the slip yoke has gone bad.. has play or something in it..


almost 600 bucks for a new one at quad4x4.. but they have the slip yokes and parts there as well...

just wonderin, is it worth my effort to fix it? or should i just bite the bullet and get a new one.. OR.. what upgrades are available to me?

deer seasons comin up, and 4x4 gets used, so i may as well fix this and fix it right.. dont wanna be in a sandy or muddy place with the front shaft in the bed of the truck...

thanks!

 

I took my front shaft to a local driveline shop to have the u-joints done....I was running way low on time....and low and behold, the slip yoke was bad. It was quite loose on the splines (I tracked the front shaft down as the culprit to my 70mph vibration). New yoke and joints for under $200....was worth it to me at the time. It's been fine since and that was last summer when work was done.

 

I've gone thru 2ea front yoke seals leaking and the slip joint seemed to have excess play in it
I plan on pulling it and taking it to Fleet or some such big rig shop and have a new one made as Justin did.

 

doghousediesel.com

has some really good ones, at a very fair price... something to consider...

I have no good local shop that can rebuild mine.. so i see no further point in doing so...

thanks for the advise tho