moose Posted July 12, 2013 Report Posted July 12, 2013 My Chrysler needed new u-joints. I has the cross type with wings to bolt the cap to the transmission/rear yoke. After I found out that the going rate was $100 each, I decided there must be a better/cheaper way to do it. After I searched for quite a while, I gave up and decided to pay the money. That's when I found out that there are no more of them to be had. So I went back to my update project. This is what I came up with: Quote
moose Posted July 12, 2013 Author Report Posted July 12, 2013 If there is any interest, I can supply part numbers. Quote
Young Ed Posted July 12, 2013 Report Posted July 12, 2013 Moose do you have a pic of your original U joint? My truck uses an odd one that has serations on the cabs and then bolt on plates to hold them. Quote
Young Ed Posted July 12, 2013 Report Posted July 12, 2013 Nope guess mine is yet another oddball version. I thought I had a picture of one but can't locate it at the moment. Quote
chrysler1941 Posted July 18, 2013 Report Posted July 18, 2013 If there is any interest, I can supply part numbers. Hi Moose I have the same issue. Looks good. Please provide part numbers for the cross and straps. Thank You Quote
moose Posted July 18, 2013 Author Report Posted July 18, 2013 Sure thing, here you go. The U-joint is Moog part #315G and is for a 80 6 cylinder mopar. The straps are Spicer 3-70-28X Bearing Strap kit. The straps are the right diameter for the joint caps, but they are too wide and would have pushed the c-clips out, so they needed a little grinding to make it right. The holes on the straps are also a little bit too wide for the studs and needed to be tweaked a little. That makes it sound like its going to be an iffy fit, but the c-clip lines up nicely inside the driveshaft where the caps are pressed in and everything came out with no slop and I felt no vibration at all on a test drive up to about 70mph. Let me know if you need more elaborate instructions, and/or send me an email. Hope this works for you too! Quote
chrysler1941 Posted July 25, 2013 Report Posted July 25, 2013 This is exactly the info I need. Will give it a try. Appreciate it. Many thanks Sure thing, here you go. The U-joint is Moog part #315G and is for a 80 6 cylinder mopar. The straps are Spicer 3-70-28X Bearing Strap kit. The straps are the right diameter for the joint caps, but they are too wide and would have pushed the c-clips out, so they needed a little grinding to make it right. The holes on the straps are also a little bit too wide for the studs and needed to be tweaked a little. That makes it sound like its going to be an iffy fit, but the c-clip lines up nicely inside the driveshaft where the caps are pressed in and everything came out with no slop and I felt no vibration at all on a test drive up to about 70mph. Let me know if you need more elaborate instructions, and/or send me an email. Hope this works for you too! Quote
austinsailor Posted July 25, 2013 Report Posted July 25, 2013 Moose do you have a pic of your original U joint? My truck uses an odd one that has serations on the cabs and then bolt on plates to hold them. Ed, those are Cleveland u joints. Pretty hard to find. Quote
Dodgeb4ya Posted July 25, 2013 Report Posted July 25, 2013 Yes they are hard to come by.There are 2 sizes of them too. Six and eight cylinder Chryslers use them and the eights use a larger cleveland joint. Quote
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