Universal Joints

midnightsadie wrote:
in the old days I,d crawl under the truck and move them up and down, and a good wiggle if theres movment they should be check. I like the ones with grease fittings. remember back when trucks ,cars had a doz grease fittings.

When the original equipment u-joint wears out from lack of grease, most of the replacement parts do have grease fittings. I would rather put in a squirt of grease when I do an oil change than replace parts.

midnightsadie wrote:
in the old days I,d crawl under the truck and move them up and down ,and a good wiggle if theres movment they should be check. I like the ones with grease fittings. remember back when trucks ,cars had a doz grease fittings.

Yeah, I remember those grease fittings, and wheel bearings that had to be adjusted, and brakes that didn't work that well in the rain, and engines that were lucky to last 50,000 miles before they needed to be freshened up, and vacuum windshield wipers, and non-synchro transmissions, and manual chokes, and carburetors that required frequent adjustments, and points and condensers, and coils that shorted out when it rained, distributor caps that had to be replaced.

Lots of things I remember and miss almost none of them.

When waiting for diff oil to drain...check for excessive slop in u joints.

in the old days I,d crawl under the truck and move them up and down ,and a good wiggle if theres movment they should be check. I like the ones with grease fittings. remember back when trucks ,cars had a doz grease fittings.

Put on the parking brake, chock the wheels, put it in neutral. Engine off, climb underneath and see if they're loose.