[sgthooligan]

I've had this annoying clicking sound for a long A$$ time from under the front end. So today I finally crawled under the truck and checked the driveline. Turns out my front drive shaft has huge sloppy play. I did a little reading on this forum and found two threads. Went out and bought a cordless impact and all the u-joints from NAPA and holy sh!t it's so tight in there you can not squeeze a socket. So back to Sears to get a 14mm long a$$ box end wrench. So who ever said go buy the power tools to do this is crazy. I did the job with simple hand tools. Greased up the ujoints and re installed. TomorrowI will take the truck for a ride to see if the noise is gone.

 

[HarshReality001]

nice bro. thanks for the tips.

part numbers on the u-joints?

 

[d1sc0ver]

nice bro. thanks for the tips.

part numbers on the u-joints?

Spicer 529 (non greasable)

Spicer 5-213X (greasable)

NAPA 354 (greasable)

Autozone Duralast Gold U-Joints PN# 1-0153DG

 

[nizmut]

And if you hit those bolts with a little heat the locktite softens up, and you get to keep your knuckle skin. I put mine back in with blue instead of red.

 

[sgthooligan]

I didn't have any lock tight. I will have to pick some up today. For now I tightened them up pretty good.

 

[HarshReality001]

thanks!

 

[SilverSE05]

Greaseable...

Make sure to get the greaseable u joints not the non greaseable. Less headache. I did all four last summer and what a difference. Much cheaper than replacing the whole driveshaft as the dealer wants you too.

 

[NCFronty]

Spicer 529 (non greasable)

Spicer 5-213X (greasable)

NAPA 354 (greasable)

Autozone Duralast Gold U-Joints PN# 1-0153DG

Are these numbers for front or rear U-Joints?

 

[Nissan4Life]

IT is hard to find a cordless impact that puts down any power. I guess the super high end ones might, but come on: it's cordless! If you had a high power air impact, that would have been a different story.

I have been turnign wrenches for 20 years or so. About 4 years ago I finally got a compressor and air tools. What a difference. It cuts many job times down in half!