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Alright, I'm kind of confused on which part you are referring to as the flange. As far as I could tell there was a retainer that the shaft itself goes into, which had the bolts in it. Behind that was a black (what I thought was rubber) bit, and then behind that is a metal piece that looks a...

I have been trying to take out my buddy's driveshaft all day to replace the U-Joint, and so far luck has not been on my side. (97 Mountaineer) First I took out the U-Joint side bolts (T-30 incase anybody wanted to know) and then the 6 bolts on the TC side. I have been yanking and banging on...

So my buddy(the owner) climbed under and could not see any visible tears in the CV joint boot. I looked up prices for new driveshafts and they were not very pretty. Is it possible to replace just the joint? I think the plan of attack is to remove the driveshaft, and see if the sound goes...

He did not let me drive it very long for fear that I would do more damage than I diagnosed, but he said that anytime he touches the gas, accelerating or keeping speed it makes the noise. It seems like the only time it is not making the noise is when the car decelerating without the brakes.

He doesn't know exactly when something happened, just that something happened. It makes a very loud popping/scraping sound. I assumed brakes, but the sound really isn't coming from that area. Is replacing the CV on the driveshaft a big job, or should we think about replacing the whole shaft with...

I'm new here, and I'm hoping you guys can help me out. My buddy has a 97 Mountaineer which he brought over last week because it had a scraping/knocking noise while he turned, braked, or accelerated. I automatically thought CV joint or wheel bearing. We just finished replacing the CV joint...