I'm about 7 hours or more away from most of you all, so I write when you eat breakfast and you answer while I sleep.
Thanks for all the tips. I've got the inspection cover off but have not watched the flywheel spinning. I am a little reluctant to lie under a running truck up on those wheel stands. But I suppose I shouldn't worry, I lie there enough when it isn't running, and it's probably no more dangerous then.
I haven't split the u-joint yet but I have it all opened up. Since I have never met this problem before I have no hum at all about the finer points of the torque tube, and the service manual is low on details IMO. So let me ask some basic questions about the torque tube.
It would seem to me that the u-joint (or should I say the trunnion) is meant to have a lot of slop from side to side. Is it then meant that the front torque tube bushing is meant to center the driveshaft in the torque tube and prevent the shaft from displacing itself laterally?
There is also a rear bushing in the torque tube. If the front bushing is shot does that mean it is time to replace the rear one, too.
Now that I have pulled back the ball collar from the u-joint, I can feel that the drive shaft itself can move pretty freely side to side inside of the torque tube. Does that mean that my front bushing is faulty or completely gone?
I wish I had someone close by who could lead me through these problems, but there are few of these vehicles with original drivelines in Sweden. Hey, am I in the wrong forum?
