Greasable joints or non-greasable......It's true that the location of the U joints next to the cat/exhaust doesn't help the lifespan of the joints.

BUT that's why you get a GREASABLE U joint drive shaft to add grease to extend the life of the joints. Hit the U joints with some grease at every oil change and life is good. Simple routine maintenance.

Here have a look, I'll save you a trip under the truck

 

Ahh bullet proof logic. Thanks for the help and will be ordering up a new drive shaft soon! Cheers!

 

Smart man!
You will not regret replacing the drive shaft way BEFORE it becomes a problem.

 

This was the condition of my trans when I bought my 01. Original shaft let loose, non-greaseable, 132K.



Took out the y-pipe, too.



^^^^Notice...pre-rover work bench.



Post rover work bench....lol.

Brian.

 

X1 .... that and cost of production, every penny counts, that's why Ford always design to use 2 bolts instead of 3. Bearing in mind most D2's only stay with the original buyer/owner for 3 years max until the warranty expires and are then traded into the open market.

 

You've got a very clean bottom OR, damn, underneath eh

 

Excellent

 

Thanks for all the help guys, really appreciate it. Also, I know this is an old question, but what oil do you guys run? I have been running Mobil 1 synthetic extended performance 10W-30 in it since I bought the car at 65k miles on it. It has 85.3k on it now and after doing some research I'm not sure if I should keep running synthetic or switch it to regular oil. I also feel like I should run 5W given how cold it's been lately (-16 w/o windchill tonight). Do you guys run 30/40 and what brand?

 

10w-40

 

5w-40 synthetic here. Temps have been -10 to -20 Deg C. Truck has been running great!