Dylan Robinson
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- Ram Year
- 2005
- Engine
- Hemi 5.7
Ok, so the rear drive shaft started squeaking on my 05' CC, 2500, Hemi 5spd, 4x4. Got it all tore down without to much trouble. Looked at a few parts houses both online and local. I want to run a Spicer sealed joint. The trouble I'm having is the dimensions of the u-joints I pulled out don't match the ones the stores are selling. With old joint in the vise with pretty good pressure on it, the "lockup" measures 4.192". The closest lockup that Spicer lists is the 5-1410x at 4.188". But the joint comes with several different thicknesses of retaining clips, so it could conceivably be "shimmed" to fit. Which seems kind of odd, and imprecise to me. The next closest joint is the Spicer 5-3207x which measures 4.178". Seems to me this one would fit to sloppily and cause a vibration problem. My truck has a one piece (no carrier bearing) AAM driveshaft. Supposedly Dodge used both AAM and Spicer components at that time, and the manufacturer of the driveshaft makes a difference on which joint it takes. Anybody been through this already??
Dylan
Dylan
