I was greasing my truck in auto shop and seen that my front two u-joints are going out. What's the best brand of u-joints (or doesn't it matter) and any helpful tips for when I replace them?

 

I went with spicer ones. Don't recall the p/n but I can try to find it. About 28 months and counting.

 

i like the greaseable Precision brand. The super-strengths are massive, but they do require the grease fitting adaptor and don't use zerks, which is a bit of a pita.

this thread is about front axle ujoints, but it applies to drive shaft
https://dodgeforum.com/forum/2nd-gen...984-uh-oh.html

 

Moog #377, greasable.

 

I had the Precision non-greasables. Went bad in a year. Got Duralast Gold's from Autozone in now. So far, so good.

 

The search function works around here, yay.

https://dodgeforum.com/forum/2nd-gen...ml#post2606204

~$30 a pop, shop around

http://www.fourwheeler.com/product-r...u-joint-jeeps/

 

Seeing dhvaughn's post are we talking about the axleshaft ujoints or the driveshaft? Never had to do driveshaft....yet.

 

Hey thanks guys for the insight, I should of been more specific when I said my front two u-joints (axle shaft ones). I was curious if there were better brands out there, I'd like greasable u joints. That and I've never replaced axle shaft u joints on my truck and thought there might be some helpful tips on installing.

 

I go with moog everything on mine...their u-joints are greasable and come with zerc fittings. I have moog ujoints and wheel bearings in the front and so far so good...got them from advance auto.

 

The Moog brand is a re-labeled Precision. Federated bought out one or the other? They're very good, but see my link above to Sheriff's thread for the required grease gun adapter.

OP - rent the ball joint press from your local parts store to remove/install the joints into the yoke. it's a lot better than bashing the hell out of everything with a hammer. another tip - before installing, remove the cap and put a liberal amount of grease into it to hold the needle bearings in place.