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Drive shaft fell out while my wife was driving.
I’m out of town for a few months for training, my wife’s driving the truck on the weekends to keep it from sitting. While driving the front drive shaft . . . fell out from the transfer case 500 feet from the house. Looks like the Uni ripped apart. So, obviously replace it. Heres the question: there’s play in the front differential, meaning it turns forward and back a bit. Is this an indication of a larger issue? Also, should I be looking at more than just replacing the Uni. I have the rave and a parts manual. It’s a discovery 2 HSE, lifted with A/T tires. 92k I’m the 5th owner and had it form half a year. Previous maintenance unknown. Looking to keep. http://i65.tinypic.com/2i93yoi.jpg http://i64.tinypic.com/27ysqic.jpg |
A bit of Slop in the front diff isn't to abnormal.
You got off lucky most of the time it punches a hole in the tranny |
One of the **** parts about these trucks Maybe they should have called Subaru I beat them to he’ll never had a drive shaft fail |
So that's what a front driveshaft failure looks like! Yes, you got off lucky. I heard about this and removed my front driveshaft as a precaution. Thanks for the post and pics.
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Yep, extremely lucky. If you get about a quarter turn out of the differential yoke...that's normal. You may want to replace that 02 sensor while you're at it, looks pretty beat up.
Brian. |
Dang. Good luck, that's a shame. Glad nothing weird happened while she was driving it
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I’d replace the whole shaft (good ones at lucky8) and not mess around with joints. You got off very lucky there. |
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