Thought it was u-joints !?!?!?
10-22-2013, 07:27 PM
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Thought it was u-joints !?!?!?
The '77 F150, 2wd, Auto-302 cid, was making that familiar clicking, at times, when just taking off from a stop.
So replaced u-joints and IT STILL HAPPENS, altho not all the time at every stop.
What's next?
The yoke at the front of the driveshaft?
So replaced u-joints and IT STILL HAPPENS, altho not all the time at every stop.
What's next?
The yoke at the front of the driveshaft?
10-23-2013, 04:05 AM
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Not uncommon, remove driveshaft and grease the splines in the yoke going into the tranny. We even used to install a weak coil spring into yoke to help with the sticking.
Somewhere about your vintage Ford started using the Teflon coating on the splines, that helped a lot. Just to make sure you are not chasing ghosts, check all bolts securing rear end to leaf springs and springs to chassis.
Somewhere about your vintage Ford started using the Teflon coating on the splines, that helped a lot. Just to make sure you are not chasing ghosts, check all bolts securing rear end to leaf springs and springs to chassis.
10-24-2013, 05:29 AM
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10-24-2013, 05:31 AM
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Not uncommon, remove driveshaft and grease the splines in the yoke going into the tranny. We even used to install a weak coil spring into yoke to help with the sticking.
Somewhere about your vintage Ford started using the Teflon coating on the splines, that helped a lot. Just to make sure you are not chasing ghosts, check all bolts securing rear end to leaf springs and springs to chassis.
Somewhere about your vintage Ford started using the Teflon coating on the splines, that helped a lot. Just to make sure you are not chasing ghosts, check all bolts securing rear end to leaf springs and springs to chassis.
I'll grease her up this weekend