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#1 CrackerJack

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Posted 13 February 2011 - 08:11 PM

Heading to work last week I heard a "pop" from the rear when leaving from a red light. Looked under the jeep and saw the rear driveshaft hanging. I had just disconnected the front driveshaft the night before because it is "slightly" bent and is causing vibration. Fortunately I had it w/ me. Put it on and limped home. Replaced the U joint and when reinstalling it notice the strap bolt had broken inside the yoke. I had an extra yoke from my old axles but decided to install the U bolt type strap instead of just swapping the yoke and leaving it the same.

You can see the strap bolt is broke inside the bottom right hole of the one on the left.
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There are two FORD U bolt kits. Part # 81004 is an exact match.
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I drilled the holes in the yoke w/ a 5/16" bit and installed the new strap bolts.
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Posted 13 February 2011 - 08:56 PM

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Posted 13 February 2011 - 11:17 PM

Sweet, I'll have to do this, I've seen it before but didn't know the part number.

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Posted 14 February 2011 - 12:54 AM

Awesome I just had the same thing happen about a month ago only I still had the front shaft in and drove home in fwd. I'll be doing this upgrade next week when I put in new u joints in the rest of the locations. :2thumup:

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Posted 14 February 2011 - 07:44 AM

I've been running this set up for about 6 months and am very happy w/ it...

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Posted 14 February 2011 - 09:14 AM

I like it! A while back (many moons) I replaced the yoke and did it the hard way to go along with the straps. They way all you guys did it is best and reasonable in cost. :good2:

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Posted 14 February 2011 - 11:23 AM

?
Did u do the t-case as well

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Posted 14 February 2011 - 11:29 AM

Rollbar, on 14 February 2011 - 11:23 AM, said:

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Did u do the t-case as well

T-Case side is a CV in the front and on the rear there is no strap on the factory slip yoke.
Well on TJ's that is.

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Posted 14 February 2011 - 11:38 AM

YA, we are discussion REAL Jeeps here Willy :whistle:

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Posted 14 February 2011 - 11:40 AM

Rollbar, on 14 February 2011 - 11:38 AM, said:

YA, we are discussion REAL Jeeps here Willy :whistle:

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Posted 14 February 2011 - 11:42 AM

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Posted 14 February 2011 - 01:52 PM

Rollbar, on 14 February 2011 - 11:38 AM, said:

YA, we are discussion REAL Jeeps here Willy :whistle:

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Posted 27 February 2011 - 08:10 PM

Still waiting for TranyDoctor to tell me why I snapped the bolt in the yoke....... :whistle:

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Posted 27 February 2011 - 08:33 PM

CrackerJack, on 27 February 2011 - 08:10 PM, said:

Still waiting for TranyDoctor to tell me why I snapped the bolt in the yoke....... :whistle:

Loose U-Joints/worn
left foot off the clutch and to much gas
wheel spin and grab

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Posted 03 March 2011 - 08:44 AM

Rollbar, on 27 February 2011 - 08:33 PM, said:

Loose U-Joints/worn
left foot off the clutch and to much gas
wheel spin and grab

You forgot to add lack of maintenance. I've notice that the squares usually don't do bolt checks, they just wait. :lol:

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Posted 03 March 2011 - 11:43 AM

Jim B, on 03 March 2011 - 08:44 AM, said:

You forgot to add lack of maintenance. I've notice that the squares usually don't do bolt checks, they just wait. :lol:

It may have been the U joints. It happened taking off from a green light in the morning. No wheel hop and no excessive skinny pedal (that time) :innocent:

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Posted 07 April 2011 - 11:53 PM

What rear/year did you do this on?

D-30; amc20; D-44?

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Posted 08 April 2011 - 05:08 AM

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Posted 08 April 2011 - 12:12 PM

Jack

I think you should get away from those U-Joints with ROUND.. bearing caps, I went back to the SQUARE ones and they have not failed yet.. :tongue1:

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Posted 08 April 2011 - 03:49 PM

Oh yah

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