Rick Krupa
New member
As some of you might of read I had a electrical problem last week and had the Ty towed twice. It seems that one of the tow drivers hooked their chain hook on my drivers side half shaft and believe it or not bent it. After I had the electrical problem solved I had my mechanic install a new ES trans mount, new greasable joints for my prop shaft and a new U joint for the driveshaft.
Took the Ty for a drive on the expressway and at 40mph I got a bad vibration which I never had. Dropped the propshaft and the vibration went away. After the new greasable joints were installed the prop shaft was check for balancing by Chicago Diveshaft which has been in business for over 30-years. Still had the vibration. Had Chicago Driveshaft check it again and it was balanced.
Even though their was no vibration with the prop shaft out of the Ty there was no torque going to the front Diff. After having the Ty on the lift and in gear while running we took a flat blade screw driver and held it against the pass. halfshaft and it was a smooth sound. Now while holding the screw driver on the driver side half shaft, you heard the sound skip indicating that the shaft was not running true.
Bought a replacement half shaft at Napa #9436 for $60.00 minus the $78.00 core charge and had it installed and NO More Vibration!
I know a list member after reading through the archives mentioned that he went through 3-Napa shafts because of torn boots and after it was installed I did notice that the inner CV boot is rubbing on the shock. Measureing between the outer and inner CV boot on the old hald shaft the boots were farther apart exactly 3". On the new Napa shaft the boots were 2" apart. Now I'm trying to figure out if those metal clamps can be taken off the boot and slide the boot over and install another little clamps to hold it on to alow clearance so the inner boot doesn't rub on the shock.
Sorry for such a long post but being on the list for over 6-years and reading through a bunch of archives I have never heard of a problem where the half shaft was bent. So if your ever going top have a tow on a flat bed, make sure you look under the truck to see where they are hooking their chain up because you could be chasing a vibration problem like I did especially when multiple items were replaced involving the driveline.
Later,
Took the Ty for a drive on the expressway and at 40mph I got a bad vibration which I never had. Dropped the propshaft and the vibration went away. After the new greasable joints were installed the prop shaft was check for balancing by Chicago Diveshaft which has been in business for over 30-years. Still had the vibration. Had Chicago Driveshaft check it again and it was balanced.
Even though their was no vibration with the prop shaft out of the Ty there was no torque going to the front Diff. After having the Ty on the lift and in gear while running we took a flat blade screw driver and held it against the pass. halfshaft and it was a smooth sound. Now while holding the screw driver on the driver side half shaft, you heard the sound skip indicating that the shaft was not running true.
Bought a replacement half shaft at Napa #9436 for $60.00 minus the $78.00 core charge and had it installed and NO More Vibration!
I know a list member after reading through the archives mentioned that he went through 3-Napa shafts because of torn boots and after it was installed I did notice that the inner CV boot is rubbing on the shock. Measureing between the outer and inner CV boot on the old hald shaft the boots were farther apart exactly 3". On the new Napa shaft the boots were 2" apart. Now I'm trying to figure out if those metal clamps can be taken off the boot and slide the boot over and install another little clamps to hold it on to alow clearance so the inner boot doesn't rub on the shock.
Sorry for such a long post but being on the list for over 6-years and reading through a bunch of archives I have never heard of a problem where the half shaft was bent. So if your ever going top have a tow on a flat bed, make sure you look under the truck to see where they are hooking their chain up because you could be chasing a vibration problem like I did especially when multiple items were replaced involving the driveline.
Later,
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