MotorCityFats13
Explorer Addict
- Joined
- January 25, 2015
- Messages
- 1,081
- Reaction score
- 81
- City, State
- Flatrock MI
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 2007 Explorer XLT 4.0L
I was finally able to unleash the beast inside my drivers side wheel bearing and replace it but after 4 days I started hearing a noise that sounded like a broken TPMS bouncing around inside a tire or a faulty ebay wheel hub so I went outside and jacked up my front and did some wheel spinning and both hubs are silent and my last TPMS is still in place "removed other 3 after bands broke" and while rotating the wheels the front drive shaft had some pretty goofy play so I decided to dive in a swap it out. I have not touched a u-joint since sometime in the late 90's on a 1985 F-150 and was hoping those days were behind me! I needed various long extensions an 8 mm socket and a T-30 plus the normal hammer larger sockets, grease gun and pliers
this is what I found when it was all done! im sure I had a few miles left on this quality factory u-joint and I shook the rear shaft and had no play so I ended for the day
the needle bearings and caps on the 2 sides were within normal operation but the other 2 sides had no needles and the cap that I lost had a large chunk missing which was cutting off that corner of the trunnion
It did not give the sounds that I was expecting, nothing like the sounds I've heard in the past. This was more like a low speed rattle that vanished after 8 mph and after replacing it I no longer hear the slight bang over railroad tracks and highway driving is much quieter. I didn't think it was banging when going from D-R-D but it makes no sound now and the random pop when trying to race school buses is now also gone! BY the way I am undefeated VS all school buses!
this is what I found when it was all done! im sure I had a few miles left on this quality factory u-joint and I shook the rear shaft and had no play so I ended for the day
the needle bearings and caps on the 2 sides were within normal operation but the other 2 sides had no needles and the cap that I lost had a large chunk missing which was cutting off that corner of the trunnion
It did not give the sounds that I was expecting, nothing like the sounds I've heard in the past. This was more like a low speed rattle that vanished after 8 mph and after replacing it I no longer hear the slight bang over railroad tracks and highway driving is much quieter. I didn't think it was banging when going from D-R-D but it makes no sound now and the random pop when trying to race school buses is now also gone! BY the way I am undefeated VS all school buses!
