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1. U-Joints Question (score: 1): Author: "John A. Walker" <john@rmartin.net>; Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 17:12:15 -0700; Question to the list: Other than the occasional annoying clunk, is there any danger associated with driving a B with worn u-joints? By doing so, can you damage other more expensive parts? I am not ta; /html/mgs/1999-08/msg01107.html (7,525 bytes)
2. RE: U-Joints Question (score: 1): Author: "j r overcash" <jroverca@tiac.net>; Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 20:24:11 -0400; I'll tell you that I ended up with a broken yoke on my 71B because I didn't replace a worn ujoint quick enough. While it is a bit of a pain it isn't all that difficult a job, the ujoints aren't that; /html/mgs/1999-08/msg01110.html (8,765 bytes)
3. RE: U-Joints Question (score: 1): Author: "Andrew Errington" <ame@synaptics.com>; Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 18:16:37 -0700; mine started with a metallic hammering sound on heavy acceleration, but soon became more frequent. I should have known what the problem was but I ignored it for a while. Since I didn't know what to; /html/mgs/1999-08/msg01112.html (8,700 bytes)
4. Re: U-Joints Question (score: 1): Author: Susan and John Roper <vscjohn@huntnet.net>; Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 20:33:29 -0500; Yes, you can damage the yokes, not to mention the whole car if a u joint lets go at speed. John; /html/mgs/1999-08/msg01115.html (8,026 bytes)
5. Re: U-Joints Question (score: 1): Author: REwald9535@aol.com; Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 22:38:50 EDT; Worn U-joint can go from a clunk to a busted shaft and serious $$ in a very very short distance (ask me how I know this). On some cars if the front joint breaks the car can do a great pole vault when; /html/mgs/1999-08/msg01119.html (7,677 bytes)
6. Re: U-Joints Question (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 20:40:29 -0700; Well, it is a little embarrassing when the driveshaft falls out... ... been there, done that. I have heard that should it happen at high speed there is the possibility of it 1) penetrating the floorb; /html/mgs/1999-08/msg01121.html (8,511 bytes)
7. Re: U-Joints Question (score: 1): Author: Rocky Frisco <rock@rocky-frisco.com>; Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 01:04:12 -0500; Stress-damaged parts tend to break when stressed the most. This is a function of Murphy's Law and physics. ;) This predicts one of the u-joints will fail catastophically right when you *really* need; /html/mgs/1999-08/msg01126.html (8,648 bytes)
8. Re: U-Joints Question (score: 1): Author: Larry Macy <macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu>; Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 06:41:04 -0400; Interesting thought - However on a Midget if the front one breaks, it will not hit the ground. You have to get at the bolts through a hole in the floor pan. Now as far as the damage being done to the; /html/mgs/1999-08/msg01128.html (9,713 bytes)
9. RE: U-Joints Question (score: 1): Author: Dan Pockrus <dpockrus@efficient.com>; Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 08:35:36 -0500; Not until the "clunk" goes "thump" as the prop shaft falls into the street. It happened on my son's '74 several months ago. In addition to new U-joints, I had to change prop shafts since the old U-j; /html/mgs/1999-08/msg01131.html (8,014 bytes)
10. Re: U-Joints Question (score: 1): Author: James Nazarian Jr <James.Nazarian@Colorado.EDU>; Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 14:54:13 -0600 (MDT); I lost mine at 70mph on the highway with no warning, but on my '71 there is a driveshaft loop type thing, between the battery boxes that won't allow the shaft to hit the ground regardless of which en; /html/mgs/1999-08/msg01155.html (9,340 bytes)
11. RE: U-Joints Question (score: 1): Author: "Andrew Errington" <ame@synaptics.com>; Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 14:40:49 -0700; Yes, my '69 has that too, which is why I suggested the possibility of polevaulting or chewing the tunnel was not so great. Other notes about changing the driveshaft (original poster- had them checke; /html/mgs/1999-08/msg01159.html (8,681 bytes)
12. RE: U-Joints Question (score: 1): Author: Andrew Lundgren <lundgren@iname.com>; Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 16:09:33 -0600 (MDT); Air tools ROCK! :) (An uncle of mine gave me an old compressor he didn't need.) I had no problem, with mine on stands, just grabbing the shaft and cranking it by hand. '70 B; /html/mgs/1999-08/msg01160.html (8,382 bytes)

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