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Posted: November 25 2005 08:19 AM
 
Bill King (aka 35delivery) [ View ] [ ] [ Car Ads ] [ Blogs ]
Norcross, Georgia
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I have a 2001 chevy 4wd pickup and yesterday it started to squeak and vibrate...I thought it was a u-joint going out....nothing major/easy fix. Now comes the strange part...the u-joints are ok but a mechanic friend of mine told me that there's an insert in the new driveshafts and that mine is beginning to "separate"...I have never heard of this but he swears it's pretty common. Has anybody else seen or heard of this happening????
 
 
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Posted by brianangus  -  11/20/2005 08:55 PM
If my memory serves me correctly, I have seen driveshafts with an insert inside them that looked like a tube of heavy corrugated cardboard. I was told that its purpose was to deaden the tinny sound that was made by loose stones or gravel striking the driveshaft.
brianangus [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Barrie, Canada
 
Posted by 35delivery  -  11/25/2005 08:19 AM
Well I pulled the shaft and the front u-joint was almost locked up...I guess I should grease those things more than once every 100K miles.
35delivery [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Norcross, Georgia
 
Posted by crash12888  -  11/21/2005 07:52 PM

I ran across the same thing when I shortened the vette half shafts for my 29. Does just what Brian says. Big thick toilet paper tube on steriods. Noise deadener. Don't know what would be cheaper, Have a drive shaft shop seperate it and replace it or just get another one.
crash12888 [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Chesterfield, Virginia
 
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