"Just because they are greaseable does not mean anything.Sealed u-joints like those from Dana/Spicer are far the strongest.Greaseable u-joints are weaker since they have holes drilled through out for grease.It is a trade off,long lasting(greaseable,if you buy Dana/Spicer) or strong(sealed)."

Exactly! Overgreasing causes the seals to pop and then water and mud can get in.

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Atlantic Blue 06 CRD Limited (his)
Joined by a 2000 XJ Classic (hers)

As TJKJ already mentioned, you may want to check the CV when you have it back on the lift.

Somewhere on this site is ste-by-step pictorial that I think TonyCRD did but I cannot find it

If anyone knows where it is, please help him.

Boilermaker2

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2005 CRD Sport - "Blackie"
Tow Package
Trac Loc
GDE EcoTune w/ unl torque
Goodyear Wrangler SilentArmor Tires
over 192,000+ miles
100k mile service performed
5V Glow Plugs Installed and ECM updated

Well I pulled the rear driveshaft and the front joint appears to be in great shape. The rear joint is smooth on one axis, tight on the other. So we pulled that joint and checked it... all needle bearings are perfect and grease looks clean. Put it back together and it's tight in one direction again, smooth in the other. So we tap on the cross with a chisel and hammer and it losens up, but now the other axis is tight. So after tapping the cross some more, we get it to where both axis are freely moving. What the crap? These were the Precision U-joints... I thought they were supposed to fit perfect and be high quality? In any case... I will road test it tomorrow to see if the vibration is now gone. I'll bet that was the problem though... U joint got out of wack somehow. I don't know how.


As far as the front shaft.. I have NO boot on the t-case side. Are you guys sure that I'm supposed to have a boot on the t-case end? There is a boot on the diff. end...but that's all.

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2005 Stone White KJ Limited CRD 4x4
Off-Road Pkg
Trac-Lok
Emu 790s/948s
Skyjacker H7088s rear/Bilsteins front
15x7 Black Rock Lobos/31x10.50 Firestones
GDE HOT Tune + TCM Tune
Euro TC
CB radio
Thrush Turbo muffler
AEM DryFlow filter

This happened to me too. It was like the new joint was a frog hair too wide for the cross, and putting the retaining clips in squeezed the end caps inward and locked the axis up. I ended up grinding two of the retaining clips a few thousandths thinner before I put them in.

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05CRD: GDE Hot ECU & TCM tunes, Provent, Cat filter, Facet lift pump, TransGo kit, Florida TC, Samcos, stainless brake lines, HDS thermostat, Renegade light bar,
RL super sliders, Bilstein adjustables, Al's Gen 4.5 Arms, 235/85-16 Duratracs, DTT rear, Elocker front, EVIC+TPMS, Turbo timer, McNally pillar gauges, Weeks Stage II kit.