Drive shaft noise
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Drive shaft noise
This past weekend I started hearing a clicking noise coming from my rear end. The sound is kind of like a baseball card in the spokes of a bike or a piece of paper hitting a fan a low speed. I jacked the rear end up of the truck up put it in drive and the noise is coming from my drive shaft. Looks like 200 to 300 for a new one! The auto parts store also said they can be fixed. Which way would you all go?
Also how long do I have until it breaks completely and I can't drive it?
Also how long do I have until it breaks completely and I can't drive it?
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me an buddy crawled under the truck as the shaft was moving and the rear tires were spinning, both of us are pretty sure the noise was coming from the shaft. Where else would it make that kind of noise??
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It sounds like you have a bad u-joint. we had the same thing happen to a truck we owned years ago, same noise as your hearing now. It turned out to be a bad u-joint. When the old u-joint was removed the needle bearings inside were shot.
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ya it's 4x4. one shaft. I climbed under it again as the truck was on the jacks, I put my head right next to the shaft as it was spinning I could hear the noise, its not coming from the pumpkin, its gotta be the u-joint connecting to it. I think its like yours was Ram Driver. no noise near the upper end of the shaft. one shop said it would cost 180 to 400 to fix it. I said ,well I can buy a new shaft with u-joints for 250 300!!
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Thanks guys! It was the rear u-joint! The needle bearings on half of it were dust! The stock u-joints don't have grease fittings and so went bad. My new ones have grease fittings and I will grease them every few months!