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Hello to all
First of all I would like to thank all of the people that have provided information to this board, it has been a wealth of knowledge to keep my XJ running and the wife off my back for having another broke vehicle in the drive.
I searched but haven’t found what I am experiencing from my 88 XJ, AW4 4X4, with stock suspension and 235/75R15's, no lifts no nothing in change to the driveline.
My problem is that the XJ eats the U-joint in the back drive shaft near the Diff, the front one is fine by the trans no problems ever. I have replaced them together just to eliminate the thought of the front being bad and possibly having some effect on the rear one. Normal simptoms when it goes out vibration increases as speed does, it sort of smooths out at 65, but when i get under the jeep i can see the joint flex, whan i swist it. Or in the worst case not a lot of vibration but a lot of physical damage to the caps can be seen, just by looking you can see metal flaking away from the edge of the caps. New U-joints each time, but the same result is the back one goes out in less than a year. I don’t wheel it; it’s just my DD at the moment.
I have checked for signs of damage to the driveshaft and yokes, nick, dings or dents but find nothing to that effect, I can’t see any place where a weight might have slung off. The yoke fits tight to the caps of the U-joint every time I have installed them, and they get a little grease just about every time I’m doing maintenance now " read that as chasing oil leaks " just to make sure they haven’t gone dry.
I even make sure the straps everyone seems to hate are tourqued and in place so the U-joint doesn’t take a lashing as torque is applied.
Any ideas on something I’m missing? It’s it possible to get it in backwards and have this problem? Or should I just take the overkill route and get a new driveshaft?
This one is the only rear wheel drive I’ve ever owned that has done this to me.
Any personal insights or experiences would be great as this is to simple to be as hard as it seems to be at the moment.
First of all I would like to thank all of the people that have provided information to this board, it has been a wealth of knowledge to keep my XJ running and the wife off my back for having another broke vehicle in the drive.
I searched but haven’t found what I am experiencing from my 88 XJ, AW4 4X4, with stock suspension and 235/75R15's, no lifts no nothing in change to the driveline.
My problem is that the XJ eats the U-joint in the back drive shaft near the Diff, the front one is fine by the trans no problems ever. I have replaced them together just to eliminate the thought of the front being bad and possibly having some effect on the rear one. Normal simptoms when it goes out vibration increases as speed does, it sort of smooths out at 65, but when i get under the jeep i can see the joint flex, whan i swist it. Or in the worst case not a lot of vibration but a lot of physical damage to the caps can be seen, just by looking you can see metal flaking away from the edge of the caps. New U-joints each time, but the same result is the back one goes out in less than a year. I don’t wheel it; it’s just my DD at the moment.
I have checked for signs of damage to the driveshaft and yokes, nick, dings or dents but find nothing to that effect, I can’t see any place where a weight might have slung off. The yoke fits tight to the caps of the U-joint every time I have installed them, and they get a little grease just about every time I’m doing maintenance now " read that as chasing oil leaks " just to make sure they haven’t gone dry.
I even make sure the straps everyone seems to hate are tourqued and in place so the U-joint doesn’t take a lashing as torque is applied.
Any ideas on something I’m missing? It’s it possible to get it in backwards and have this problem? Or should I just take the overkill route and get a new driveshaft?
This one is the only rear wheel drive I’ve ever owned that has done this to me.
Any personal insights or experiences would be great as this is to simple to be as hard as it seems to be at the moment.