Vibration and clicking

[2010 Infantry Vet]

Noticed today there is a bad vibration with clicking. Pulled the rear driveshaft, joints are fine. Any ideas? It sounds like its coming from the middle of the truck.

 

[TatertotScott]

Tap exhaust with a ball peen in a few places? See if you hear any secondary rattles....

Check for rocks stuck in tires...

Look for loosely attached cables/hoses...

Is it dependent on rpm or speed?
Only happen cold?


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[2010 Infantry Vet]

Tap exhaust with a ball peen in a few places? See if you hear any secondary rattles....

Check for rocks stuck in tires...

Look for loosely attached cables/hoses...

Is it dependent on rpm or speed?
Only happen cold?


Tapatalked from my expensive "smart" phone.

I pulled off the rear driveshaft, put it in 4 hi, and drove it. Vibration got a lot worse. That led me to the front end. Turned out i have a badly torn CV boot, and narrowed it down to the CV. New CV deivers side shaft is only $80. At advance auto. Gonna change it tomorrow.

 

[TatertotScott]

I pulled off the rear driveshaft, put it in 4 hi, and drove it. Vibration got a lot worse. That led me to the front end. Turned out i have a badly torn CV boot, and narrowed it down to the CV. New CV deivers side shaft is only $80. At advance auto. Gonna change it tomorrow.

Glad you got it all squared away, and that it wasn't too bad or expensive.


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[2010 Infantry Vet]

Thanks man, Keeping my fingers crossed all it is is a bad CV axle.

 

[2010 Infantry Vet]

Ok went to rwmive drivers CV axle, can not get it to come out of the front diff. Tried prying, hooked a ratchet strap to it, wont budge. Any ideas?

 

[TatertotScott]

I've not done one myself on this axle, but on most I have worked on, there is a c-clip or similar holding it either on outside of housing, or inside duff carrier, but those are rare.

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[TatertotScott]

From the few minutes of research I have done, it appears there is a retaining clip inside the diff that has to retract to pull out. It usually does this with simple slide-hammering it out...A few instances I have seen where people had to pull the diff cover off and manually retract that retaining clip to pull it out...

Wish I had better news for you.

 

[2010 Infantry Vet]

From the few minutes of research I have done, it appears there is a retaining clip inside the diff that has to retract to pull out. It usually does this with simple slide-hammering it out...A few instances I have seen where people had to pull the diff cover off and manually retract that retaining clip to pull it out...

Wish I had better news for you.

Oh im aware of the retaining clip, but its putting up a hell of a fight popping loose. I tried yanking on the loose ratchet strap, almost broke my hand. Tried two prybars evenly prying, to no avail. There isnt much of a lip to pry on.
Even tried prying while tapping on it with a 4# mini sledge, while it had tension on it feom a ratchet strap pulling outward on it. Im ready to take a damn 600 amp arc gauge to it. Lol
Gonna try hooking a steel cable with a cable clamp around the end of the shaft where it meets the diff, and hooking the loop of cable around a sledge hammer, and swinging away the truck (i do not have s slide hammer). If that doesnt work, im welding a shackle to the shaft, hooking it to my quad, dropping the clutch, and taking off.
If that doesnt work, im cutting the shaft off with a grinder and 6” wafer wheel, and then slicing it sideways in two halfs. Guess ill see how i feel in the morning. Haha.

 

[2010 Infantry Vet]

Got the main CV shaft cut off with a 6” wafer wheel on a grinder. Shaft is about 1/2” thick

 

[2010 Infantry Vet]

Shaft is completely split in two halves, and still was rusted on. Beat on it with a chisel, and it FINALLY came off! If I wouldnt have cut it apart, it would have NEVER came off!

 

[chrisp2493]

Well...damn haha


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[2010 Infantry Vet]

Well...damn haha


I Bleed Ram Trucks

I have never seen a CV shaft put up such a fight! Normally you just hook a ratchet strap to them if they are stuck, and you just rap on it a few times and they pop out. Even when i had it cut in two halves, it still didnt want to come off! Had to wail on it with a 4# mini sledge and a chisel! It was HOT DAMN crazy!

 

[BWL]

Nice job getting it off without damaging the shaft.

 

[2010 Infantry Vet]

Nice job getting it off without damaging the shaft.

Thanks. I cut into the end of the spline shaft about a 3/32” but there is plenty of meat there it wont matter. I have heard of guys spending 3 days trying to remove a stuck CV axle...wasnt gonna be this guy! I’m like a surgeon with a grinder. Lol

 

[2010 Infantry Vet]

Went ahead and added a new moog lower ball joint while I had it apart. With my luck, the lower ball joint would have went bad right after I got everything back together. Balljoint was $32. At advance autoparts with my 10% military discount.