Grady (Saratoga) and I did some maintenance today and started with my driveline clunk that's plagued my truck since it was new. I've had it relubed 3 times or so and it keeps coming back. Today, it was time to do it ourselves.
Mobile 1 synthetic grease since evidently, the GM stuff is pure garbage.
We unscrewed the 4 bolts holding the shaft into the rear end and dropped the shaft. Next we pulled it out of the transfer case. We then inspected the yoke to see why this problem is happening to so many trucks.
For one, it was bone dry. Not a drop on it, nothing, nada. It was piping hot. Hot as in we couldnt touch it for more than a few seconds. I have no idea if this is normal or not.
I tried to sand off some of the rust that's accumulated on it to smooth it down a bit.
I wanted to put generous amounts of lube on the splines. I dont want this to happen for a while so I put ALOT of grease in there.
Crawl back under there, insert the yoke back into the transfer case and then button back up the shaft back to the rear diff. Lets hope this works and stays good for a while.
Thanks to Grady for letting me use his garage and for the two bottles of water, not to mention the labor. All in all, good day worth of maintenance.
Now, I'm curious to know why that yoke was so damn hot. You can also see that it is starting to show signs of discoloration from the heat. I dont know if this is normal or not.
And I didnt realize just how much rust was under there thanks to northern NY winters.
Mobile 1 synthetic grease since evidently, the GM stuff is pure garbage.
We unscrewed the 4 bolts holding the shaft into the rear end and dropped the shaft. Next we pulled it out of the transfer case. We then inspected the yoke to see why this problem is happening to so many trucks.
For one, it was bone dry. Not a drop on it, nothing, nada. It was piping hot. Hot as in we couldnt touch it for more than a few seconds. I have no idea if this is normal or not.
I tried to sand off some of the rust that's accumulated on it to smooth it down a bit.
I wanted to put generous amounts of lube on the splines. I dont want this to happen for a while so I put ALOT of grease in there.
Crawl back under there, insert the yoke back into the transfer case and then button back up the shaft back to the rear diff. Lets hope this works and stays good for a while.
Thanks to Grady for letting me use his garage and for the two bottles of water, not to mention the labor. All in all, good day worth of maintenance.
Now, I'm curious to know why that yoke was so damn hot. You can also see that it is starting to show signs of discoloration from the heat. I dont know if this is normal or not.
And I didnt realize just how much rust was under there thanks to northern NY winters.
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