Fj80oregon
GOLD Star
Use some free all or some type of penetration oil for the next week spray them daily and they come right out. Also putting it up on stands and in neutral so you can rotate the shaft makes life easier.I had a revelation today about the noise I thought was a failing u-joint. It has been continuing to make noise when in reverse, but not in Drive. I’m told this can happen and ujoints make noise in R when they are failing. Well, I was in reverse today and I heard the squeaking and then put it in N and let it continue to travel backwards and the noise instantly vanished. So being new to all this, could this still be my driveshaft squeaking? or am I missing something obvious?
Wouldn’t the drive shaft continue to turn in neutral? After I inspected the ujoints I couldn’t find any play when I was greasing them, but the grease that came out of them was pretty brown and nasty, so I know they are kind of abused.
I unsuccessfully tried to loosen the front driveshaft to check for play, but even with my long handled wrench’s I was not strong enough. Hey I’m not afraid to admit it...mostly.