Bad u joint or bad slip yoke?

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LI99HOE

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Yes, there are two yokes.

No, it is not difficult.

Yes, you can do it yourself.

Before replacing either yoke you need to get under the truck and grab ahold of your drive shafts right at the U-joints. Try to move them back and fourth, you are checking for any play at all. If you have play in the joints you will need to replace the joint itself.

Where your driveshafts enter your Tcase is where it can be difficult to feel for play. You want to do the same thing with the shaft. However, this time you will be grabbing the yoke and moving IT back and fourth. If it wiggles you have a worn bushing inside the transfer case. This can be caused from a poor U-joint as the rotation of your driveshaft(s) would not be a perfect circular rotation, I suppose it would be oblong.

I'm not mechanic, just throwing it out there.

Anyone support this?

Thanks Ryan..... I took care of this about 3 weeks ago. I had a real crappy u-joint that I changed out, and I put marine grease (initially, went with Lucas sticky red after) into the slip-yoke.
No more noises putting it in gear, or vibration under acceleration.... for now...lol
 

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