Buffarea
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Ok, so what better to do on a saturday morning before a Labor day weekend road trip? I pulled the driveshaft off with the guibo attached, and when I began to remove the remaining 3 bolts that attached it to the driveshaft, it literally came apart in pieces! I knew it was cracked of course but now know it was holding together just out of kindness.
The center bearing was also singing away so it was replaced as well.
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By the way, who can tell me why there are 2 screws in the driveshaft?
The shifter is pretty worn out. I took it apart and shimmed it with brass washers and grease to take up some slop but think I need the actual shift operating rod (from shifter to trans) as the end does not look seperatly replaceable and appears to be wallowed out. I replaced the trans oil 3 months ago but although the clutch feels good it is sometimes difficult to shift into 1rst and 3rd, and sometimes grinds going into reverse. I am thinking I must have syncronizers wearing out. Comments?
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I took a before pic of the rearend but "the after I cleaned it" picture somehow didn't turn out. I also replaced the rearend oil for the second time in 3 months as I believe there is a bearing problem going on in there.
Well I ran out of time to do more, these repairs took me about 3 hours on saturday morning and then we packed it full of our family and stuff and successfully logged about 350 miles.
The driveline is amazingly quieter and tighter than before but there is still an underlying bearing type vibration which I think it is in the rearend. Next weekend will include further diagnosis.
The center bearing was also singing away so it was replaced as well.
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By the way, who can tell me why there are 2 screws in the driveshaft?
The shifter is pretty worn out. I took it apart and shimmed it with brass washers and grease to take up some slop but think I need the actual shift operating rod (from shifter to trans) as the end does not look seperatly replaceable and appears to be wallowed out. I replaced the trans oil 3 months ago but although the clutch feels good it is sometimes difficult to shift into 1rst and 3rd, and sometimes grinds going into reverse. I am thinking I must have syncronizers wearing out. Comments?
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I took a before pic of the rearend but "the after I cleaned it" picture somehow didn't turn out. I also replaced the rearend oil for the second time in 3 months as I believe there is a bearing problem going on in there.
Well I ran out of time to do more, these repairs took me about 3 hours on saturday morning and then we packed it full of our family and stuff and successfully logged about 350 miles.
The driveline is amazingly quieter and tighter than before but there is still an underlying bearing type vibration which I think it is in the rearend. Next weekend will include further diagnosis.
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