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Universal Joints


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Just for a quick confirmation here. The U-Joints on a 2008 RWD are the same front and back, and there's just the two of them for the driveshaft?

Trying to order some and several websites decided they wanted to make it more difficult by offering about 394 different options (that may be an exaggeration)
 


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I had the same problem. Solved it by removing the old ones first and taking them in to match up. Go to a NAPA or parts store that actually stocks hard parts, they'll only have 69 options, but will find you a match.
 

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I had the same problem. Solved it by removing the old ones first and taking them in to match up. Go to a NAPA or parts store that actually stocks hard parts, they'll only have 69 options, but will find you a match.
Napa will also have real parts countermen who can look them up and figure it out. I brought a spindle bearing from my John Deere mower deck to our Napa and the oldest counterman measured it with calipers and got me some new ones.
 

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I had the same problem. Solved it by removing the old ones first and taking them in to match up. Go to a NAPA or parts store that actually stocks hard parts, they'll only have 69 options, but will find you a match.
I had to do the same thing. The computer had the wrong ones listed and I had to bring an old u-joint with me to compare. Based on that experience, I wouldn't do mail order. It is easier to address an issue with the parts right there in front of you.
 

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