greasing the drive shaft
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There are 4 on the front and 2 on the rear. You need to have that front shaft rebuilt or replaced before it fails and takes out your tranny. Each of the 3 front u-joints must have grease fittings.
How mechanical are you, if you think you can rebuild the front shaft, send me your e-mail address and I will send you a PDF file that will walk you thru it along with good part numbers.
How mechanical are you, if you think you can rebuild the front shaft, send me your e-mail address and I will send you a PDF file that will walk you thru it along with good part numbers.
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Only way to go in my opinion, if I am going all in on a high failure part I never want it to give me problems. Never can over stress the importance of properly greasing moving parts.
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The front shaft must last longer than you think. My car has 140,000 miles and these appear be the original shafts. I admit I don't know the car's history except I bought it with a blown head gasket and multiple warning lights ( repaired now )
From the comments here, I'm guessing its the front drive shaft that fails. And per a couple of comments the "updated" shaft has 3 u joints.
I'm going to start looking for an updated front shaft.
Many thanks for the helpful comments.
From the comments here, I'm guessing its the front drive shaft that fails. And per a couple of comments the "updated" shaft has 3 u joints.
I'm going to start looking for an updated front shaft.
Many thanks for the helpful comments.