HiHoSilver

So I have to replace the u-joint on my front drive shaft and now I am having an awful metal on metal grinding noise and a vibration at 45+ mph... The shaft is a RE1883-365 and I replaced the joint with a Spicer 5-153x..... Anyone have issues or know of what to do? I'm freaking out......


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HiHoSilver

So they greased it again at pep boys but still have the squeaking.... And I have yet to go fast so probably the grinding too


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kjeeper10

Picture ?

Why did the joint go to begin with ? What's the angle?

txjeeplover

Have you checked or replaced your axle shaft joints? It's possible that the noise that you're hearing is actually coming from one or both of those joints.

HiHoSilver

I've been driving for a while without the shaft in. I drove from Florida to New York and then about two weeks without the shaft and ok issues or noises... Then all of a sudden when I installed the shaft I started getting the noise.

Pluke the 2

Like kj said, what's your castor at? These after market CV shafts do not play well with high castor and low gearing...

HiHoSilver

I've driven with the shaft for a while and until this joint went in I had no issues....

kjeeper10

Lol... Yea we get that. How many miles did the original joint have ?

HiHoSilver

7-8k miles on it

Pluke the 2

just tell him what he wants to hear.

ya op, it was time for a new ujoint.