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Can bad rear u-joints cause binding in reverse?

shadowless127

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'01 EB AWD 5.0
So my front right hub and rear u joints are in desperate need of replacement, and will be replaced when I get home this evening. However, I got to work this morning and I go to back up into a spot (ghetto Parallel parking) and I noticed I'm getting some binding. Even though it was raining out and I was backing up a small incline, I do not believe it was the t-case. It also does not happen when I go forward. I've never felt that type of binding before in my 03 AWD and 98 AWD.

I'm assuming my rear u joints are in just such poor shape that reverse causes a bit of binding. Am I correct in this assumption? Or could it be the wheel hub binding?
 






Wasnt u joints, it was parts of the parking brake shoe that I thought wasn't in there. Thanks Pep Boys, you mother ####ers.
 






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