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JUST GOT FINISHED WITH REDRYDER ANDIT WILL MOVE NOW, TOOK IT FOR A SHORT RUN AND EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE TIGHT AND ALRIGHT, JUST WANTED TO SAY THANKS
TO MECHAINIAC,WANNABE,DR.FATFENDERS,TONY,OLY,BARRY WEEKS,PTE359,BRIAN MOORE,OLE BLUE TRUCK,4 ON THE FLOOR,JOHN MILLIMAN(DECIDED NOT TO SELL IT) LOE BIG, T, MOTT, CHIPHEAD AND OTHERS FOR THE SUPPORT ALL HAVE GIVEN ME ON MY FRIST ATTEMP TO REPLACE UJOINT IN A CLOSE DRIVE SHAFT,IAM OLD AND SLOW BUT WE ALL GOT IT DONE,THANKS AGAIN,,,,,FRED

Congratulations to you and a big thank you for being part of the bolt

Fred, CONGRATULATIONS!! Glad to hear Redryder is movin' again. No thanks necessary to me..it's these other guys who actually have torque tube driveline experience to thank. Besides, encouragement is about 1/2 the battle, in my books. Now go have a nice hot shower and relax, knowing your old fella is fixed up.

Regards,
Wannabe

Glad to hear it was as simple as a u-joint! They sure do weigh less than a trany

Enjoy cruising!

joker we are here to make sure that success stories like your continue on and on and on! Good Job!

My name wasn't mentioned, cause I didn't contribute maybe? Anyway, STOP Shouting (capitals). We can all hear fine at regular fonts. :p :p

GL, that is why I said others, just in case I missed some one, I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY CAPS IS
A BIG thing with you, it was just to get attention and I guess that it work.....have a good night and a better tomorrow.....Fred

All caps are hard to read on most computer screens. It makes all the words run together.

ok, I will keep that in mind the next time I post,

Fred

Feel free to use caps again, its funny when GL goes on a tear.

So what happened, bolts back out of ujoint or what?

chip

Chip, the back spline was broke at the j- joint, I screwed something up, I drove it for a few miles and all was well, I drove it to work today and noticed oil,(Fluid)underneath,I got home ok but it was hard to shift, the u-joint area seem to be making a clunking sound so I will go into it again, I did not see it leaking yesterday when I drove it but....question, where the speed cable goes into tranmission, and then where the plug is on the side of the transmission, is this two separate areas as far as filling the fluid level? or will one take care of both needs, I was real careful when I put everythng back, I could not believe it but anyway,,,,thanks for your
RESPONSE,..I feel kind of stupid, luke took time to explain everything to me, even called him long distance, I just knew that I had it right, well as they say, s### happens, later, Fred

You running the torque tube, or a conversion or something right?

The tranny fill plug should fill the entire tranny, output shaft, speedo gear, etc. Now if you're using an open driveline tranny with a closed driveshaft adapter, I don't know how oil is supposed to get to the closed u-joint.

Did the ujoint break where it slides onto the torque tube shaft? Weird.

This time, did you loc-tite the bolts in, and bend the keepers over the bolt heads? Feel any vibration before she cut loose this time?

good luck
chip

chip, it is a closed stock 52 drive train. the reason I asked was the book said to fill the speed cable plug area, I did not do this, but the transmission plug area seemed to be ok,these did not have bent locks, just 2 bolts with a self made retainer in them,I am back at work, but I did tighten the 4 collar bolts again,I do not have a torque wrench and I did make a turn or two on each one, I refilled the speed cable area but It will be late tomorrow afternoon before I hook up the gear shift and floor board area,should I use some blue permtex around this collar gasket area, I trying this before I undo the collar and u- joint area, If it is not noisy,I will drive and check for leaks, I know for sure that it does not leak when it is sitting still. I will be checking the bolt thru out the night for any response,,,,thanks,...Fred

Drive the truck really slow up & down your street. If you hear any noises, you'll have to slide the Ujoint bell back and make sure the ujoint assy is still OK. If the Ujoint is OK, look forward at the tranny, or behind the ujoint at the T-tube or rear axle.

I've grenaded a few ujoints in my '54, but every time it was the 4 bolts that hold the ujoint together. Its weird that your ujoint would experience breakage failure at the splined part. If it happens again, you'll have to delve deeper to find the root cause.

Your problems could either be improper installation of the replacement parts, or a more serious problem we haven't thought of yet.

good luck

chip

Chip, I just tried out the 52 after topping off the fluids, did not have to drive it down the street, just had to back up and go forward a little and could tell that I need to undo everyting again,the truck will move the trouble tells me something is about to come undone,we had a cold front come in so it may be a few more days before I go into it, man,it drove and sounded good for 6 of the 8 miles. thanks for all of your in-put,I may start searching for the best match for changing the rear end, transmission out,etc.later.....Fred