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Old April 8th, 2008, 21:39
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Precision U joints
I toasted a Ujoint on the front driveshaft sometime at WF. I pulled the shaft when I got home and just now had time to replace it. I just snagged one from O'Reilly's and took it home. It's Precision brand, greasable at the cap(Part # 280 if you're interested). I was pleasantly surprised to see "Made in the USA" stamped on it! That really surprised me for some reason. I've never ran a Precision joint before. I'm curious as to others experiences with them, good or bad. I'm going to run it regardless.

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Old April 8th, 2008, 21:42
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never in the Jeep, but I've used them many times in the race car and most of the old Mustangs I used to play with. Never had any problems and they took as much abuse as anything else could!
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Old April 8th, 2008, 21:43
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I never heard of Precision U joints. I just replaced my rear driveshaft u-joints before x-mas, I used Brute Force from Advance Auto, made in USA 16.00 each. I would pay more for US made parts.
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Old April 8th, 2008, 21:44
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I forgot to mention up here in northeast wisconsin we have no O'Reilly's! I wish we did.
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Old April 8th, 2008, 21:48
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I forgot to mention up here in northeast wisconsin we have no O'Reilly's! I wish we did.
Checker/Schucks/Kragen???? They'll all be O'Reillys soon. The "big O" just bought CSK last week....
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Old April 8th, 2008, 21:53
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Checker/Schucks/Kragen???? They'll all be O'Reillys soon. The "big O" just bought CSK last week....
That would be f**king cool!!! I love O'Reillys, there the best!
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Old April 8th, 2008, 21:56
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That would be f**king cool!!! I love O'Reillys, there the best!
they're "the competition" for me, but I can honestly say I've heard very little bad about them. And now they've got 3200 locations!
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I put two precision U joints in and they've held up well. I would reccomend them.
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Old April 8th, 2008, 22:02
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Pretty much all I use are Precission. No problems so far.

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USA or U.S.A.? with the periods is the united steel association. still made in china.
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I;ve run them before with no problems. They are made by good old federal mogul. http://www.federal-mogul.com/en/Afte...nds/Precision/
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Old April 10th, 2008, 06:48
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USA or U.S.A.? with the periods is the united steel association. still made in china.
I'm not taking the joint out to get a pic of it, so here's the box. The box was made in USA. I bet the United Steel Association dables a little in cardboard too.

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That's the brand napa sells where I shop.
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We only have Precision U-joints at Baxter Auto Parts.

Never ran 'em in my jeep, but I will be from now on.
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Old April 10th, 2008, 10:38
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i just rebuilt the rear driveshaft on my 89 with precision and have not had any problems with them so far.
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