can ujoint vibrate without looking bad?

[bigk]

I get a bad vibration under acceleration, goes away when I let off, but the rear u joint looks OK. No lift in the rear, just an add a leaf in the front. 33 inch Wild Country mud radials, 76 3/4 ton axles under my 87. Its stock otherwise.

Karl
Temporarily Unemployed Underwear Model
87 3/4 ton

 

[**DONOTDELETE**]

I have had a u-joint go bad, but every time I looked at it I thought it was fine. It was because the damn thing had tension on it and you couldn't see how bad it was. Block your tires and put it in neutral so you can move the driveshaft whiole watching it. I hope this helps.

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[CaptCrunch]

Also a lot of times you need to take out the driveshaft to really tell if a jt is bad. Like was said... most times with tension on it it looks fine.

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[wayne]

I had a bad u-joint that looked fine with pressure on it. I took the shaft out and found out it had alot of slop in it.

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[bigk]

I'll try doing that this afternoon.

Karl
Temporarily Unemployed Underwear Model
87 3/4 ton

 

[bigk]

Well, I replaced the ujoint this afternoon. The old one was only getting grease on two ends, the other two were dry. Took it out for a drive and it still vibrates under acceleration. Could it be in the tranny or transfer case? Or maybe a motor mount?

Karl
Temporarily Unemployed Underwear Model
87 3/4 ton

 

[shawnboy]

The tranny mount could be bad as well as the front u joint on your rear shaft. Have you had your driveshaft balanced? Also check your pinion yoke for play, could have backed off or your pinion bearing is nfg.
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[backlash]

Can a bad motor mount cause vibration in the rear?

 

[Leadfoot]

Vibration under acceleration would indicate that the pinion angle is a little off, or your tranny/t-case/motor mount(s) could be bad. The pinion rotates up on acceleration, and the angle can be compounded when mounts start to sag. If your u-joints haven't been touched in over two years, I would replace (all) of them regardless. I would also look very close at the motor and tranny/t-case mounts for excessive "squishing". Get the poly replacement mounts and then you never (or at least for a very long time) have to worry about them. JMHO.

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[Pugsley]

I had one that looked fine, and felt fine turn into this: pugsley.alloffroad.com