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Is it hard to replace u-joints on our birds? Mine "bumps" into gear. Especially into reverse.
You will need to physically get under the car and do a hands on inspection of the U Joints. To expand on my comments above, the problem I had was not bushing related, but internal to the pumpkin. Since I was having a rear rebuilt and brand new gears installed in a core around the same time that I had diagnosed the location of my problem, I never followed up on the actual internal cause. I would suspect that a 5 speed car will exhibit the problem more often (like between shifts when the drivetrain goes slack) rather than just at one speed.Red Head said:what is a proper way to check for this? again let me re-state the sound comes around 20 mph after i let off the accelerator and sounds like its coming from below the front of the cabin.
Why would you not want to replace the rear main seal? If it is leaking, it needs to be replaced and the sooner the better. PM me your address, I may be able to take a look at it and help further isolate your noise.Red Head said:my main concern is that it isnt my tranny.....i just started having a rear main seal leak bout 2 weeks ago and dont want to get it replaced....it only has 74k on the tranny.....
thanks for the help too!!!!!!
The motor doesn't have to come out, but the trans will need to. Is it stick or auto?Red Head said:i believe u got to pull the motor and tranny to replace the seal?????
and with low funding......ill take a minor leak over a big purchase
Red Head said:ok let me level with u........
i did my own altinator install and it took bout a hour cause im not very "mechanical"......but i did it myself no prob....that was just a couple bolts and wires....i've drop a honda motor before but thats a honda and uninstalling is way different than installing .......with time (i.e 2 days) and two jacks and two ramps......could i and maybe one person else...... drop the gas tank, drive shaft, and replace u-joints with out killing one of us and/or damaging the sc if we go slow and veerry careful?
in review...what level "mechanic" would it take to do this??? 1-5?
Hock said:Just get a big jack and big jack stands to make sure you have enough room under the car to drop the fuel tank. Also, run the car as low as you can on gas otherwise moving the tank will be very hard to near impossible depending on how much fuel you have in it. Also get a large C clamp to remove and install the u-joints, if you use a hammer you will most likely damage the driveshaft in the process.
But otherwise its not too hard.
89SCK@t said:You have to drop the fuel tank on an auto to remove the driveshaft? I thought you could do the same as the stick...
Mark the driveshaft position, remove the driveshaft bolts, remove the 4 diff bolts, let the diff rest on the subframe, pull the driveshaft over the diff, then pull it forward.