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Drivesgaft worries..

my joints are going bad (slighty) i have 125,000 on the od. I was wondering have any1 lost a shaft while driving? 5.0 ls cougar
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]86 COUGAR LS 5.0 stock. Soon to be project "Cheetara"
85 Ramcharger 318-727 "Big Girl"

Drivesgaft worries..

Reply #1 –
don't ignore clunking. dropping a driveshaft is NOT fun.
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Drivesgaft worries..

Reply #2 –
Yeah, I did once in my 66 convertible. Luckily, it was the rear U-joint. I had a bad tailshaft bushing in my 4spd, had a shop replace it. For some odd reason, they removed both the low-mileage u-joints and replaced them at the same time. And did them wrong. I was going about 45mph, and felt a sudden, increasing vibration. Then BOOM!!!!  Bangbangbangbang until I got stopped. It broke and flopped around and beat the floorpans a bit. The early Mustang convertibles have a brace across the floors under the front seats that held the shaft from flopping too badly, but it still sounded like a grenade going off under the car.