I did some searching around on here, but I could not find the same problem/question that I want to resolve. Here the other day I replaced my front u-joint on my front drive shaft. Before I took it off I noticed that there was some play in the d-shaft itself. Not a side to side or up and down motion, but more of a rotational play. What I mean by this, is that I could start to turn/spin the d-shaft. It's not a huge movement, but it does start to turn just a little bit. Even after I got the u-joint installed, it still had the same movement in it. Is this a normal? I know on the rear d-shaft, there is absolutley no play what so ever. I've never really played around much with the front d-shaft until now. So what do you all think?
One more thing that I've noticed too. Not to long ago I put in some coil spring spacers (.75") in, and this is when I relized the u-joint needed to be replaced after the ends came off and the pins came out. Since then I have been getting some front end vibes. The day I replaced the U-joint, I drove to the auto parts store without my front d-shaft on. I noticed that vibes went away, and I was assuming that it was just the u-joint causing the vibes. But I got the new u-joint installed, and I'm still getting the front end vibes. Any suggestions on why this would be happening? I got some idea's, but I don't want to start spending $$$ on a bunch of parts that isn't going to fix the problem. Any advice would be greatly appericated!
One more thing that I've noticed too. Not to long ago I put in some coil spring spacers (.75") in, and this is when I relized the u-joint needed to be replaced after the ends came off and the pins came out. Since then I have been getting some front end vibes. The day I replaced the U-joint, I drove to the auto parts store without my front d-shaft on. I noticed that vibes went away, and I was assuming that it was just the u-joint causing the vibes. But I got the new u-joint installed, and I'm still getting the front end vibes. Any suggestions on why this would be happening? I got some idea's, but I don't want to start spending $$$ on a bunch of parts that isn't going to fix the problem. Any advice would be greatly appericated!