I've usually taken my driveshaft and half-shafts to a local drive line shop
that carries Spicer Hardy
(or is it Hardy Spicer?) u-joints. They install them for a nominal fee and
can balance your drive shaft if necessary.
It also results in less down time as compared to ordering the parts.
As regards a drive train vibration, make sure the drive shaft is 'in-phase'
--- the yokes of the u-joints should be parallel.
I accidentally got mine 'out of phase' (yokes perpendicular to each other)
and that resulted in a vibration/growl that I felt
through the gearshift.
Good Luck!
Cregg
73 TR6
71 TR6 Rust-o-ration
At 01:02 PM 8/12/2008, Marty Clark wrote:
>I need to replace my rear U-Joint (explains the vibrations I've been feeling
>the last week). I was going to have a 4 wheel alignment done but they said
>to bring it back after I fixed the U-Joint issue that they discovered. They
>test drove the car and then put it on the rack and aftershowing me the
>U-Joint they did a quick inspection to see if anything else obvious needed
>replacement but they didn't see anything . Besides replacing the U-Joints
>are there any related projects I should think about doing at the same time
>without going nuts? The car is just about to turn 49,000 miles. I replaced
>the rear trailing arm bushings and shocks last year.
>
>How involved is replacing the U-Joints, I've never done this and I'm not
>real experienced on working on cars? Anyone besides the big three to look at
>purchasing them from?
>
>Marty Clark
>Gilbert, AZ
>1974 TR6 CF17352U
>http://www.triumphowners.com/798
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