Front Drive Shaft

[knucksfirst]

Well I just finished replacing my transmission and that is working great! Now it seems I have a new issue I had not previously had before replacing my transmission. When I reinstalled my front driveshaft and transfer case I found the front driveshaft was sitting on a awkward angle? But I continued and when I went to drive the truck it was making some nasty noise the faster I went the rotations of the noise increased... So I removed the front driveshaft and took it for a test drive and all is well... Anyone have any takes on what it could be?? I hammered the coupling of the driveshaft to remove it before? Or maybe it wasnt installed properly into the transfer case? Like I said previous to replacing the transmission I never had issues. I removed the Tcase and driveshaft together as one and left it on a skit for a week. Then reinstalled it. Any suggestions?

 

[ianyboy]

rotate your front drive shaft by 180 deg compared to your previous install, should be ok after this. the 2 u-joints on your front driveshaft were out of sync

 

[knucksfirst]

Dam I already removed it. I dont know which way I had it on, Ill try both ways. It looked like there was alot of play in the driveshaft on the transfer case end.

 

[ianyboy]

U could also have a dead ujoint

 

[knucksfirst]

No the ujoint is good, its the end of the shaft at the transfer case it has a boot then the gear at the end of it. Maybe it wasnt pushed in all the way.

 

[knucksfirst]

Found the bearing in the transfer case to front driveshaft to be damaged, found the Dorman part # on a site - http://www.am-autoparts.com/Mazda/B4000-Truck/front-driveshaft/AM-31142789/637741.html


That is exactly what I need, just ordered from my local parts store for $140.