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ZUKIWORLD Discussion Forum => Technical Discussion - Beginner / Repair => Topic started by: BigJohn1.3 on October 19, 2009, 01:37:35 PM

Title: u-joints
Post by: BigJohn1.3 on October 19, 2009, 01:37:35 PM

could someone help me, id like to know if theres any heavy duty ujoint for a reasonable price? tire of braking oem ones,
tanks in advance:), John

Title: Re: u-joints
Post by: Drone637 on October 19, 2009, 11:04:58 PM

If your constantly breaking the OEM U-Joints something else is going wrong.  You might be binding up your drive-shaft and causing the u-join failure.

Generally OEM is the strongest followed by some Mitsubishi ones.  The Napa default replacements are pretty much junk.

Title: Re: u-joints
Post by: BigJohn1.3 on October 22, 2009, 12:59:42 PM

well i just bougt brand new driveshafts this should solve the problem haha tanks

Title: Re: u-joints
Post by: Drone637 on October 22, 2009, 04:14:16 PM

That is one way to fix it.  :)

Do you get a lot of axle wrap when climbing hills?

Title: Re: u-joints
Post by: zukimoo on October 27, 2009, 05:35:42 PM

a little more info might help solve some futur problems. SOA or SUA? Any spring wrap?

One thing that took me a long time to figure out was that when I swapped out joints that I forgot to loosen them once I had all the clips in. You get it all together with all the clips and then you take your hammer and hit the caps until your u-joints move totally freely.

Another thing I've learnt over the last 10 years was that I always buy the u-joints from a place that offers life time warranty. second....the day before every run or when getting back from the last run, I get under the rig and check all the joints. If there is the slightest movement in the joint then I change it BEFORE the run. I learnt that even a 50km run will break the joint. keep them tight.