Hi Again,
In the picture above you see the universal. My CRD uses the rear prop labeled 7. It has two universals but in the Parts Fiche under quantity required it specifies only 1. I presume that the will both be the same. The 2wd diagram shows them both as the same thing and are both labelled 2 and the propeller shaft has the same part number aswell. If anybody knows otherwise please let me know or I am going to buy two of them and replace both at the same time. Part number for the 2.8CRD '04 is then U JOINT - 05015694AA ??? and RING U Joint - J3207886???
I also see there are no universals specified for the front propeller shaft. There is some sort of joint inside a boot. Is there anything that can be done to check if this is worn. I can't find anything in the manual reffering to this part and it seems that the whole shaft will need to be replaced.
Lastly, how much play should there be on the differentials and transfer case where they connect to the propeller shafts? On the 242 transfer case there is an inter axle differential for 4 full time mode. this obviously is in the transfer case - would that mean that Mopar +4 would be required there too instead of 5w20?