new strange noise?

[rucr8z2]

I took a few minutes to ck the ujoints on the front shaft and the joint at the front diff had a hard spot in it but wasn't loose or anything.
So I put a new joint in it and ran it home this evening and the noise and vibe completely gone!!!!! No new front shaft for this autotrac....

 

[992door]

tahoe looks sick man. are you running wheel spacers? Glad you got that taken car of

 

[99COOP]

do you know off hand how much the rcd drops the differential down ?

 

[rucr8z2]

about 4.5 inch in the front but only 3.5 in the rear so the drive shaft angle isn't at a bad angle-thats why I couldn't believe my front shaft was making the noise-vibration-just goes to show ya to double check ujoints not only for play but also take down and ck for stiffness....

 

[99COOP]

i havent replaced my drive shaft yet since i installed my lift (aug) cause i figured it would be a no go. But it looks like i'll be getting my exhaust pipe re-routed and putting the shaft in to see what happens. Maybe i will get lucky as well and can save 450 bucks.

 

[rucr8z2]

who knows- give it a shot, most spindle lifts shouldn't need a new shaft
- alot of upper and lower a-arm dop kits will need a new shaft.
-get the exhaust reworked and slap the shaft in and try - the worst that can happen is you have to take the shaft back out

 

[clean454]

truck looks great! nice job

 

[rucr8z2]

yeah I need bigger tires but the atz's are like new and 37 -18's are $$$ got to wait till these wear out or sold