Front Driveshaft play.

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i have been having some noise from the front of my 96 4x4 ohv.
the front driveshaft had a decent amount of slop.
i removed the front driveshaft and the noise went away.
so i decided to replace ujoints.
when doing the u joints i noticed that the driveshaft has a rubber bushing on the T/C side that looked destroyed.
after putting it back in and still having the noise/play with the new ujoints. im assuming that this is the problem.
is there a way to replace this bushing or do i need a new driveshaft?

 

[imp]

i have been having some noise from the front of my 96 4x4 ohv.
the front driveshaft had a decent amount of slop.
i removed the front driveshaft and the noise went away.
so i decided to replace ujoints.
when doing the u joints i noticed that the driveshaft has a rubber bushing on the T/C side that looked destroyed.
after putting it back in and still having the noise/play with the new ujoints. im assuming that this is the problem.
is there a way to replace this bushing or do i need a new driveshaft?

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What was the "slop" like, and where was it? Did you replace joints only at the differential (front) end? What kind of joints does the T-C end have? Is it a C-V (Constant Velocity) joint, or the usual U-joints? I don't recall any rubber bushing, but my '96 went away 15 years ago. imp

 

[974X4BLACKSPORT]

Picture of "bushing" would be very helpful, if possible.

 

[gmanpaint]

The 96 has the double cardon front shaft.

There are 3 sets of 1310 U-joints, and 1 center joint on it. The double U-joint end has to be removed, to replace the center joint.

I do not recall any rubber bushing, just a slip joint boot on it.

 

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The 96 has the double cardon front shaft.

There are 3 sets of 1310 U-joints, and 1 center joint on it. The double U-joint end has to be removed, to replace the center joint.

I do not recall any rubber bushing, just a slip joint boot on it.

this is it i pulled it back out and dissasebled it more this time.
looks like my problem was whats called the "double cardan centering yoke"
heres a vid that i found.

my ball had a lot of slop and the rubber ring had been reduced to about 1/4 in

 

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@code
What was the "slop" like, and where was it? Did you replace joints only at the differential (front) end? What kind of joints does the T-C end have? Is it a C-V (Constant Velocity) joint, or the usual U-joints? I don't recall any rubber bushing, but my '96 went away 15 years ago. imp

replaced all 3
slop was if i pushed on it it would clunk.
not in and out but latterly in any direction.
way more play than my 94.

 

[gmanpaint]

There you go! As shown, the tricky part is getting the old one out, and pushing the new one in w/o messing up the needle bearings.

 

[imp]

There you go! As shown, the tricky part is getting the old one out, and pushing the new one in w/o messing up the needle bearings.

@gmanpaint
The "double-Cardan" joint of course is a type of Constant Velocity joint. Somewhere after '96 they went to the "C-V" type non-Cardan design having lobes and rollers:

Below is the older, complicated "Rzeppa" joint used on front-wheel drives primarily for many years. The original was a nightmare to machine curved grooves in, for the balls.

 

[gmanpaint]

@imp Mid year 1997 is when they changed the 4405 transfer case output styles.

I rebuilt my front shaft after I developed the center joint squeak in Moab UT. It lasted the long journey back home. It was nothing but static power turning it, but it was still painful to listen too, for two 12 hour days on the road back.