TURBHOE

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I need to know if my u joins are bad. I had a cap pop off the front shaft yesterday. The grease inside was black as coal. I've been havin a bin issue lately in he front. Tires got balanced, axles replaced, rotors and pads are all new. But the steering wheel shimmys. I'm goin right now to finish my yank install and need to know if I need to do these too. The cap popes off cause I broke the retainer bar thing.

Rhino79

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If in doubt, change them out.

silver-mod-o

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I'd just change them... They're too cheap to leave questionable. And do yourself a favor and get sealed U-joints, the greasable ones WILL break at your power level, right at the grease fitting.

TURBHOE

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Yeah I know about the greasable ones. That would blow breaking one on the street. Could this cause my steering wheel to wobble at speed? When I balanced the tires it basically went away. But then I wash all he piles of grease off them and it seems to be back worse. I may go ahead and rebalance the fronts just to be sure.

sharpshooter

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swap the front and back tires and see if it is the balance

TURBHOE

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When I got these brand new from gm it wobbled. I swap it and it went away. I'm wondering if a tire is bad. Like broke belt or something.

Vince B

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My Dad had a similar issue years ago with a Explorer. One of the belts had gone bad and this was the case after many other repairs were made. We found it by having the truck in the air and removed all the schrader valve to let all the air out of the tires. While slowly spinning the tire and feeling the thread on the tires, we found the bad tire. It basically had a low spot that we could not feel with air in the tires. Put the spare on and the vibration was gone. HTH Vince

TURBHOE

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Tires were put to lunch after I cleaned the piles of grease off. Lmao

TURBHOE

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If this don't fix it I'll try that Vince. Thanks.

On a good note. Trans was clean inside with no dust in the pan. It had some on the magnet but I think it's normal. Filter and fluid change, yank is back in. Now it's time to find some fun!!

Vince B

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I help where I can! Thats good to hear that the trans I built for you is still running strong! Good luck with your current issues and let us know what you find. If you have any other questions let me know. Vince