Ok Today I heard a loud clank when I put it into park I assume its the U joint I have never taken it off shouldnt be to hard what is the best way a trick thanks

 

First shake it gown for any slack, if there is some take the driveshaft out , put it on a table take the keepers out and hit the driveshaft right where you took the keepers out , this will make them pop up remove the cap and repeat on the other side always works for me good luck

 

Thanks I took it out but let me tell you it was a Big PITA they were so rusted I beat on them for about a hour but I finally got them

 

Next time spray a lil pb blast it helps break up the crud, but glad you got them out

 

I put the new u joint in and went to check it and it still pops but only going from reverse to park what do yall think

 

Slop in the rear end. There's a crush sleeve on the pinion shaft and the clunk you hear can be attributed to that after a while, they crush a little more. Jack up one of the rear wheels and move it back and forth and see if the drive shaft moves up down left or right. If it doesn't just deal with it, if it does, then your pinion bearings may be going / pinion nut loosened?

 

ok thanks so just move the tire left and right and if the drive shaft moves the the pinion bearings are bad you have to take the rear end out to fix right and what is the pinion nut and what do you mean loose how do you tighten it

 

Pinion Nut

you move the wheel forward and backward to see if the drive shaft and pinion move side to side or up and down. This checks for any looseness in your differential, particularly, the pinion. If it's loose, you can try to tighten it, but you have to be careful how tight as to not overtighten. If the pinion nut is loose, the only right way to retighten is with a new nut, new crush sleeve and torque on it until you get about 10-15 in./lbs. of rotational force (with an in/lbs wrench). If you do have slop, though, it may be beneficial to take it to a shop. The entire rear will basically need to be taken apart to replace the bearings. Not an easy feat.

 

ok thanks for all the info I am gonna check that tomorrow man I hope that is not it alos it seems to be doing better didnt hear the noise toady so maybe a fluke hope so def. do not wanna tackle that job and hate taken my truck to a shop

 

I jacked it up and the tire would not move and the drive shaft would not move so maybe thats not it also i got under the truck and my wife inside I listened and looked and it sounded more like the clank was coming from the tranny or linkage maybe the fluid needs changed or the linkage thanks for the help