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I was replacing the throwout bearing on my clutch and when I had the driveshaft off my buddy noticed that the front u joint felt a little 'lumpy". Upon further inspection we noticed two little nylon inserts holding in the cup. When I was looking at the shop manual I did not notice these inserts. He remembered ujoints on 70's and 80's trucks having these, but not 50's. And he recalled they were a pain to work. Do any of you recognize these? I ordered a replacement ujoint from Jim Carter but if a PO replaced these ujoints with non-original/stock will my new ujoints fit? I am not sure how to attach pics or I would. The inserts (I scraped one with a screwdriver and it was red) show up a little dots on the joint.

Second question is that we also noticed the the joint sleeve yoke (fitting into tranny) had been epoxied or something by a PO. I'd like to find a replacement yoke but they are tough to track down. Does anybody have any clues where I might track one down?

Thanks again to everybody for helping.

how they came from the factory isn't how replacements have evolved to be - likely they've been replaced in the past, probably could get new ones at NAPA .... for the yoke w/ slip sleeve you'll probably have to find used to get the coarse spline, but you might check NAPA, they're the same to about 67/8

Bill

Thanks Bill, I will check NAPA for the yoke.