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How do you know if your front drive shaft universal joints are bad if most of the time your in two wheel drive?
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∙ 11y ago
Remove the drive shaft and take your hand and work the joints around and back and forth. If they are STIFF are hard to work are real loose with LOT"S of play then replace them. You can also remove someof the cups and make sure there not rusted and are full of grease too.
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