Subject: Re: It was the U-joints after all! by movnviolation on 2009/1/10 11:43:21
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BeachBum wrote: For what its worth, drag racers go through those needle bearings like popcorn. Many bring along an extra to the track to change them out when necessary. I replace the joints a minimum of once a year, sometimes they need to be replaced multiple times.
As a note, this is not a unique problem to me, but all racers running the 36 or 44 IRS....
I know this isn't helping you on why yours went out, but you should know, this is a common problem and quite frankly, acceptable to most racers.....(would prefer them failing vs something else back there)
btw, I'm guessing you were hearing a clicking sound when you drove it that was faint, but increased with load.
Yes, I was hearing a faint clicking that I was chasing for a long time. I even changed the washers. I did not think it was the u-joints because they were fairly new, and the fact that I was the only one that could hear it. Just find it interesting that the old joints were in there so long, and the new ones only lasted 4-5k.
