My experience with loose U-Joints cups is that the symptom would be different.
Rather than the clink on acceleration or deceleration, you will have a constant
clink every time the U-Joint flexes meaning it would be there all the time.
What's more, Replacing U-Joints is hard enough without having to deal with
locktite or some other foreign material.
Joe
Douglas Braun & Nadia Papakonstantinou wrote:
>
> Another potential problem is that the U-joint cups can become loose in their
> holes in the yokes. The metal of the yokes can apparently expand after much
> use. You can spot this problem because the cups will creep round and round,
> and the top of the cup will be shiny under the circlips where it has been
> rubbing against the circlip.
>
> The only sure cure is to replace the flange and/or axle shaft.
> Probably you could replace just the yoke on the axle shaft, but
> you would need a jumbo press! Possibly one of those Permatex
> or Loctite products could fill the gap around the cup...
>
> Doug Braun
> '72 Spit
>
> At 06:09 PM 4/6/00 -0700, Barry Schwartz wrote:
>
> >Jeff,
> >While you may have replaced them, or they may have been replaced, if you
> >didn't check the end float it may still be your u-joints. If you have
> >disregard the latter.
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