The Damages.
Here’s a picture of the end of the shaft, and the u-joint at the differential. The end of the shaft that used to be connected to the u-joint is torn up on one side and shows some rust. The second picture shows the u-joint still in the yoke at the transfer case. You can see a spot of bright metal where the u-joint was sheared. Some damage to the output yoke on the transfer case. Not bad, but getting another one.
Took the shaft to Clinard’s Driveshaft Shop in Nashville. $137 to have the shaft weld yoke end cut off and a new one welded back on. All new Dana Spicer yoke and u-joint.
Lucky I wasn’t up in Kentucky when this happened. Looks like it was gonna happen sooner or later, ennyhoo.
No grease fitting on the u-joint. Friction anyone? The bright spot on the yoke is molten metal from the u-joint. Essentially welded the u-joint clamp to the yoke. Chisel time. My buddy Tony eventually got the clamp to slide out enough to get the new u-joint in with judicious tapping.
Still got this end…
Um, somebody welded a patch on here.
Shore the u-joint arm off pretty good. Wheels still turn, so, hoping there’s nothing wrong with the differential.
Repaired shaft:
Clinard’s cut off the old weld yoke and replaced it with a Dana Spicer 2-28-307 yoke and 5-153x u-joint. Looks like I’ll be pulling off the front driveshaft and gettin’ this done to that one as well. Compare to the one that broke above.
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