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Re: U-Joints Bad?

To: "Karl Theis" <kjtheis@hotmail.com>, spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: U-Joints Bad?
From: geo@ohio.net
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 1999 13:25:08 -0700
karl....i would take the car to a shop that has a chassis lift, you can run
the car while looking  for the noise. if you staet taking it apart you may
never find it, you'll end up fixing it when you re-assemble, also could save
you alot of work if it's something simple. good luck geo

At 12:47 PM 7/30/99 MDT, Karl Theis wrote:
>
>Question...
>  my GT6 has developed a rythmic 'tick' dependent on road speed that I hear 
>only when coasting to a stop, like 5 mph and slower.  It's coming from the 
>rear of the car so I'm thinking it is a half-shaft
>U-joint.  When I get under the car and check it, everything seems tight.  My 
>question is - Is the only way to tell if a joint is bad is remove the 
>halfshaft from the car?
>   thanks,
>   Karl Theis
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