Clunking In Drivetrain


bowturkey

15+ Year Member

V8 Engine Swap
Joined
Aug 8, 2007
Messages
67
Points
3,101
Age
73
City
Freedom N.Y.
Vehicle Year
1992 4.0
Engine
4.0 V6
Transmission
Manual
Total Lift
15”
Tire Size
35/12.5/15
92 1.5" Spacers under front coils. with 31" tires it's not as bad.With 275x78x15 it gets worse. I put a plow on this year going back and forth all the time it seems to always do it changing direction from forw. to reverse and from revese to forw. When I rebuilt it I put new poly radius bushings in and put extra washers in back to tighten it up even more. Also changed pivot bushings not easy. They seemed to be loose so I put a washer in to tighten it up and it seems to have helped but not completely. It's driving me nuts. I have read some of the articles and still can't get a handle on it somebody have some ideas ?
 
Most likely the slip yoke has dried out, so remove it, clean and lube it.
Check the U-joints too.
If you have a Supercab with the two-piece driveshaft that can cause issues, but you can swap it to the late-model one-piece unit. Article in Tech Library.
 
It is an ext.cab. Already have 1 piece drive shaft .Could it be the slip yoke in that?
 
Yeah it could be that slip-yoke. Before you pull it, I'd check the joints as Johnny mentioned. You should able to check them by sight or with a little twist... And if they aren't bad then you're already under there to pull the shaft.
 

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