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How long to i have? uni joint Q
Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 5:02 pm
by pongo
Rear tail shaft has just started vibrating and the front uni has about .5-1mm play on one side of the cross, Isnt hot after the 35km drive home.
I have a spare shaft here but would rather hold out to the weekend and put a new set of unis in.
So ya reckon it;ll last 3 days at 70km a day 1/2 of it motorway running ?
Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 5:10 pm
by ajsr
might last 3 months might last 3 minutes
safer to just change it
Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 5:37 pm
by RockyF75
It will last until your furtherest away from your tools/parts, and when your running late for something really important.
Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 5:52 pm
by cooter
RockyF75 wrote:It will last until your furtherest away from your tools/parts, and when your running late for something really important.
yep like on your way to a job interview that you are a shoe in for and dont have contact details for the guy doing the interview
Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 7:34 am
by ozy1
didnt you have tis dilema with a gearbox a few months back? and didnt that end in some unfortunate place?
id change them, for the small amount of time it will take you
Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 8:02 pm
by ozy1
so has the uni held out or what?
Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 5:27 pm
by pongo
i swapped the tail shaft with a spare one i had lying round. that one seemed fine too but was worse than the old one.
Managed to take a truck home every night since so have been lucky, defiantly replacing them tommorow.
I tried looking for the gearbox thread too but couldnt find it.
Truck i have out the front tonight has a tick tick noise in the gear box, sounds like a time bomb.
