Hey guys. I am looking to have my front drive shaft U-joints replaced next week (1999 disco2 with 123k). I ordered three percision 344 u-joints but as I understand I need a centering/seal kit or something like that to go with them. I cant seem to track this part down through any of my sources (online/advanced auto/local auto shops). Can someone please lead me in the right direction. I appreciate it.

 

Then go to Car quest and get their 1-0005 joints and order their centering ball kit.

 

This might be a dumb question but can you mix and match the parts? For instance can I put the Neapco ball kit from car quest in with the Precision 344 u-joints that I ordered?

 

Yes, you can. Did you find the centering ball kit? If not I can get you the Neapo part number. Are you doing the work yourself or are you getting someone to do it for you?

 

While we are on this subject, I would recommend if you haven't done a u-joint jobbefore, or if you have never dismantled and re-assembled the double u-joint(Hookes joint)on the front shaft, you take your driveshaft to a pro. I took mine to a local machinist that does the work, the nearest drive shaft joint is an hour away.

I marked all of my parts so I'm not worried about disrupting the balance. I don't know if the added grease fittings on theHookes joint u-joints are enough to throw off the balance or not, I asked him to offset them to avoid any issue.

I worked on it all Saturday, and it was a pain, even with a bearing press. The local auto craft shop doesn't even touch the Hookes joint, and once I had it apart I figured I wasn't either. The machinist is charging me 100 dollars for the work and the parts are about 75 from Federated, all precision parts. Except the centering kit, he couldn't find it, so I gave him the Neapo one I had. The craft shop claimed precision is better, so you will be doing well with that.

I wish I had just takenthe shaftto him in the first place, because my Saturday is definitely worth more than a hundred bucks!