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James Lamb · 03-13-2019, 10:34 PM

Nice truck - congrats. Always amazing to find one that cleans up and isn't hiding a pandoras box full of issues.

One thing to maybe go ahead and replace are the drive shaft u joints. I think someone else maybe mentioned those. They are the sealed units, with the funky waxy plastic plugs. You have to heat the old u joints with a torch to force the plastic out for removal. They are deceptive. My Suburban went 250,000 miles on the originals. I checked them for play at every oil change - fine. Then the next oil change all of a sudden there was movement. When they go they go fast. Would suck to be on the road or 4 wheeling when one goes out.

03-13-2019, 10:34 PM	#248
James Lamb Registered User Join Date: Mar 2019 Location: Knoxville AL Posts: 74	Re: thinking about getting this in the morning Nice truck - congrats. Always amazing to find one that cleans up and isn't hiding a pandoras box full of issues. One thing to maybe go ahead and replace are the drive shaft u joints. I think someone else maybe mentioned those. They are the sealed units, with the funky waxy plastic plugs. You have to heat the old u joints with a torch to force the plastic out for removal. They are deceptive. My Suburban went 250,000 miles on the originals. I checked them for play at every oil change - fine. Then the next oil change all of a sudden there was movement. When they go they go fast. Would suck to be on the road or 4 wheeling when one goes out.