The Secret Life Of The Universal Joint - Uses, Limits, How They Differ From Constant Velocity Joints

[@screwsinabell]

Tony! My man! I've learned countless things from your videos since I first found your channel, but the part at the end where you recommend drilling the strap bolt bores all the way through and using long bolts has got to be the top of the heap! I've lost count of how many times where every last exact thing you said will go wrong with the short bolts has happened to me. And yet, I never considered drilling the holes all the way through. 24k gold advice. Thanks!

[@motov8-garage832]

Theres a channel called Garage Fab that has a great video on how U joints work. He built a model of a drive shaft and diff that articulates up and down with sprockets on each end to show the difference in speed at each end of the drive shaft at different angles. It's a great watch

[@rickkephartactual7706]

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[@matthewklein9225]

Driveshaft pulsing speed explained kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZ65ZaStgcuCg7s

[@joshwilson3114]

The only guy that I have ever seen that explains it correctly. The video is suspension basics 06.

[@rickkephartactual7706]

Okay, time for me to reply. First thank you but you should have added in that it is 1 part of an excellent 6 part video series. After finding the one you mentioned I ended up going back and watching videos 1 through 6 in order as recommended. The video's are good enough that I have also recommended them to all my like minded friends. Again, thank you for recommending his video, it is appreciated very much.

[@stuckinmygarage6220]

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[@nikspanakis]

Hmm.. Here's the thing. That joint at about 12:00 is not a constant velocity joint. It is a slidable T-joint. It just makes axle length change easier, because the "sliding" is done in better lubricating conditions than splined shaft and bore. Constant velocity is only achieved when bearing balls, hold in a perfect plain by a special retaining cage, ride in very complicaded trajectories curved on both inside and outside, both shell and inside "thingy" of the CV joint system. Usually it's 6 balls and 6 curvings because it's easier machinable. But this system used in most all front wheel drives outer joint, does not allow axial movement, and the inner joint must do that, and to also be really constant velocity, inner joint must be even more complicated. Some manufacturers don't even use true constant velocity for the inner joint, they use 3 bearings at 120deg, riding on 3 tunnels also at 120 deg which also is not constant velocity config. But does allow change in length, and in front wheel drives where it's used, the angles on inside are always smaller. On the outer side there's the suspension movement plus steering the wheels that is. Now about vibration on joints, a detail that does minimize vibration is the U' s must be timed, ie not random angle positioned, so the two vibrations mostly cancel each other. Keep up the good content, far better than what we see on tube. Have a good one.

[@et76039]

Thanks for explaining how to get the zerk fitting to be compressed, as this concept isn't always clear. The crosspiece is weakest there, and lends weight to getting a sealed unit. As an aside, I came across an odd interchangeability. I had taken the rear driveshaft from my '91 Bronco to be serviced at a driveshaft shop. There was another driveshaft (customer's) that was clearly similar dimensionally to mine, but casting where it bolted to the rear axle was slightly different, but swappable. It belonged on a similar vintage Chevrolet Blazer. How that happened when the Blazer had a different wheelbase was noteworthy.

[@ohm1945]

Dispelling wives tales and recurring myths. Love this guy, he knows stuff.

[@saxmusicmail]

This is important. When you weld a driveshaft, the yokes on both ends must be aligned. That is, if vertical on one end, the yoke on the other end needs to be vertical, too.

[@kart70]

The reason for this is that both u joints are producing the "speed up/slow down" vibration. By aligning the u joints, they are producing these vibrations 180 degrees out of time from each other and theoretically cancels them out. I say theoretically because the angle they operate affects the amplitude of vibration. That's why having the rear axle pinion and the transmission output shaft parallel is so important.

[@Carstuff111]

It is random stuff like this that makes the channel a bonus find! I love this kind of stuff, I am a nerd at the end of the day.

[@donaldhalls2189]

We had a Speedway Car had no rear suspension and the uni-joint would seze up, thanks for sharing, all the best to you and your loved ones

[@sunnyray7819]

I never really thought about the compression on the fitting. That makes sense. Why I like your channel, I always learn something.

[@russriley3005]

sometimes there is harmonics from different panels around the shaft, some people think that is a vibration

[@aaronsnare9280]

A drive shaft with 1 joint front and back, is a double cardon joint with a really long cage. As long as you dont have so much angle that the U joints dont bind, and both joints are parallel, the speeding up and slowing down of the driveshaft created at the tailshaft is cancelled by the opposing joint at the pinion. In a perfect world. Real world it might he off a touch from perfect as the car moves

[@luetner]

UTG, I enjoyed this video, thank you. Here is a lesson learned. A friend had a 1950 dodge which he restored years ago. It had a strange vibration when accelerating around 35 -40 MPH. Well with a flat head engine not much acceleration was actually happening but the vibration was like an unbalanced wheel. But was not. It was a worn drive shaft trunion. We turned the drive shaft around and walla no more vibration on acceleration. BTW Lincoln Mark 7"s had the constant velocity U joints. A cheep source.

[@donaldhalls2189]

Most Toyota 4x4 have those double uni-joints CV joints in their tailshaft,never was told it's a CV joint thanks for sharing,all the best to you and your loved ones

[@gakali123]

Learned something new today, about installing a joint with the grease fitting hole in the drive compression position! Thank you UT!

[@DamonStJohn]

Great video, the only thing that I can remember that you forgot to touch on is...... OUT OF PHASE.... U-joint, rubber insulation shaft that moves over time..... Splined shafts that people take apart and don't put together same way., ect.

[@SkepticalTraveler]

These last two videos have made me very glad I installed air bags in my truck's rear suspension. My goal was to level the truck when towing in order to improve handling and braking. I hadn't even thought about the drive train geometry causing binding while I'm also demanding that it transmit maximum torque.

[@immikeurnot]

You don't get "bind" from u joints, even at pretty big angles, as long as they are used in pairs, they are properly timed, and the drive and driven ends are parallel.

[@aoeuidhtnsnthdiueoa]

The case where I see ujoints fail due to lack of movement is subarus (and likely others, but i work on a lot of subarus). Since they have independent rear suspension with an almost completely straight driveshaft, the ujoints do not move enough to lubricate and they end up with terrible false brinelling.

[@striprockracing848]

Uncle tony, klowny, and vice grip are all absolute geniuses

[@BudScannavino-ql3uh]

That was a great explanation of U-Joint best practices. You might say something about phasing U-Joints in 2-piece driveshafts.

[@ronshay6838]

Thank you for this video im in the middle of putting a new rear end in my streetrod i will definitely pay attention to how i install the u joints i didn't know about the orientation

[@craigjones2878]

Thanks UT, great tip on compression of the grease nipple, I’m going to check my U joints today. I use a clinometer from a WW2 vickers machine gun to check the angle of my engine then set my pinion angle half a degree down from that reading. When I go to the drags I adjust the pinion down three degrees. I’ve replaced all of the factory trailing arms and panhard rod in my ‘71 LTD with adjustable rod ends for quick and easy adjustment.

[@stevemowat4294]

Thanks Tony, this extended info from the last video. Your illustrations showed perfect phasing of the front and rear joints of a driveshaft, excellent. But no explanation of the importance of phasing of joints. It is the most important aspect of the use of two joints in harmony. Thanks

[@Yo-mamashouse]

You actually can put u-joint in backwards.... If you install it to the grease fittings in the back when it's installed you can't get a grease gun in between to greese it. Uncle Tony, So is the pinion snubber that Mopar designed to keep the driveshaft in line under acceleration? Great info here!

[@jreeder6168]

Good info. Back when we were kids and swapping engines we often had to shorten driveshafts. We had no understanding of this info but we never had any problems.

[@codyburkhart5819]

I find the double cardan joint most often on 4x4 trucks on the front drive shaft

[@daveschultz9363]

Back in the day my 69 runner with a 440 4 gear used to explode u joints when you dumped the clutch- now I know why!

[@HeadFlowInc]

Do Not over tighten the u-bolts on a u-joint, if you crush the cap or distort it the bearings won’t turn = premature failure. It’s actually easy to over tighten. 👍

[@jimmywilkinson9190]

Mike bought a 1 year old 1970 SS El Camino with 350 motor . Came over to Joes house from the car lot saw us out in his front yard punched it and had wheel hop blew the rear yoke and U joint and it took 2 months to find one .

[@craigcontofalsky4387]

I had a 65 Dart Charger with the 273 hipo. It had a 7-1/4" rear and I replaced it with a 8-3/4" rear from a 340 Dart that was trashed. I had to get the driveshaft shortened and I told them to balance it. Well it had a bad vibration at 65-80 mph. I thought it wasn't balanced but the driveshaft company said it was slightly bent? He apologized and said his people screwed up. He said it didn't need balancing? I installed it and everything was good up to 120mph. Glad they stood behind their work. Great video Tony I didn't check the pinion angle as it looked good and was a stock housing. That was way back in 1971.

[@Don2264]

How about the difference between a steel driveshaft and an aluminum one in relation to the various set ups?

[@jasonjoncas5998]

Being a class 8 mechanic 35 years this is one of the things I diag and fix. Have box trucks with 4 driveshafts and air ride with a vibration I road test it. A drive will indicate u joint angle or out of balance. U joint angle will induce a vibration on acceleration or coast on light throttle the vibration will be less. Out of balance will be speed specific usually you can drive through it like a bad tire. I work at a Freightliner dealership that has 10 other franchises and other makes and send all these vibrations to our shop my foreman says my ass is better than any vibration analyzer that we have used because they tried when I was on vacation told it was wheel end I came back it was drive line imbalance.

[@jerjer92]

I recently took my truck to a driveshaft shop. They rebuilt it and put in a new upgraded center slip yoke. Nice looking piece....but it vibrates. Started poking around. They just rammed in greasable ujoints and didnt check axial play. Also all the clips are black meaning they installed bulk clips for an aluminum shaft which are a different thickness then the standard copper ones, or the selection that comes in the bag when you buy good spicer ujoints. Rear u joint had enough play to feel and the others had the clip on one side flat and the other fanned out. Meaning the u joint is not centered and also buried into the caps. Wont rattle your teeth out but still a "whOOOm.....WhOOOm...WhOOOm" above 70kph. Also means they didnt road test it. Everyones in a hurry today to change parts and throw you out the door instead of doing an actual diagnosis LOL.

[@scottsmith1386]

Another good lesson as usual. I was surprised, though, that you didn't mention anything about u-joints that have no grease fitting. I've always thought they were supposed to be stronger since there's no grease fitting hole.

[@screwsinabell]

I either saw a video or read a forum post by someone who said they're a mechanical engineer or something of that sort. He did a bunch of mathematical formula witchcraft to compare the potential loss of strength a grease passage would impose. Result by the numbers, according to the guy, was that there was no difference between the two parts at the levels of stress they would see in any automotive application, high performance or not. That's still just hearsay to me, since I don't at all have the math brains to verify accuracy of his work or whether he properly accounted for all relevant variables, but still thought it was interesting.

[@nicolasstanley1392]

Wow, so much valuable knowledge here. Thanks, Tony

[@stevenmitchell5612]

As always another jem of knowledge from uncle Tony.

[@stevecobratei8538]

I see your charger in the background. My first car was a 66 charger. Man o man I loved that car.

[@clembob8004]

More good stuff to know! Now I can't wait to check my old Mopars out to see how the driveshafts are angled. They are mostly stock so I assume they should be pretty much ok, but it will still be great to check out. And damn, I had never heard of the compression on the zerk hole. Another thing that gets overlooked a lot.

[@charlesgall7829]

Very good explanation. Also, do not over tighten the u bolts on the joint caps, just a good snug tightening.Can create a vibration.

[@frankc1430]

The compression of the zerk fitting is very interesting. I never thought about that. Usually people that race cars get solid u-joints.

[@rustybritches6747]

I was thinking the same thing, I would have never thought of that being a failure point unless I had one fail and I had to sit and examine it to figure out why it broke where it did! The only thing is I've had a ton of u-joints fail and none of them have ever broke at the zerk fitting but I only buy spicer u-joints and none of my cars make more than 500 horsepower!

[@frankc1430]

@@rustybritches6747 Me too! I also use only Spicer u joints.

[@CapeCodCNC]

All U-joints are Cardan and when they are used as a CV style it is call a Double Cardan, which is a little more than just 2 u-joints slapped side by side. The real benefit of a double is you can run greater angles and also mis-matched angles with no vibration. That is why the vast majority of 4x4 with straight front axles have front drive shafts that use a Double Cardan to account for caster axle rotation.

[@williamallen7836]

Cardan is just another name for U-joint. U-joint is just the common vonaculure.

[@samuelsfarm]

Nice and thanks UT. My 2 pence. As I recall when a u-joint goes bad and the needle bearings get worn or flattened and it starts to stick the u-joint launches the driveshaft forward into the trans output shaft making a loud clunking sound. That is if the smell of burning grease don't give it away first.

[@TheDnbsam]

Learnt my lesson the hard way with stupid strap type yokes One prop shaft on the ground at the side of the road later and point made 😆 U bolts for life! 😎

[@fredblase5608]

Just this afternoon I was running a rototiller behind my tractor and literally smoked a u joint that measure 1.5" x 4.25" across the joint turning around 1000 rpm, of course the angles are in the not good to absolutely not and beyond with a lot of jumping of the triller! O well just dollars to replace the joint and yoke $%@^. Didn't know about compressing the grease fitting Thanks for the info.Fred

[@sjcottsi]

The double Carson joint you didn’t show was used at the rear of all full bodied GM cars. Cadillac had both front and rear double Cardons from the mid sixties. Their weak link was the centering ball in the joint. Especially at the rear, water would get in past the seal and rust out the ball, its cups, and the tensioning spring causing misalignment and vibration. The individual joints would be fine but you had to replace one because the cups were retained by injected plastic which got cut during disassembly. The ball was part of the shaft on early models so that meant a new, very expensive, shaft or a lot of very expensive precision machine work plus 4 new joints and two ball kits on the early Caddies.

[@sjcottsi]

All full bodied GM from ‘71 on.

[@cutl00senc]

Great video UT! Now how about a video on what you need to use to measure the angles of the diff and tail shaft yokes and what can be done to correct it.

[@BareRoseGarage]

Again, another great video on this UTG. I'm in the process of converting a 1965 Dodge Dart GT to Manual Trans and a V8. The car came stock with the 225 Slant 6 & automatic with the "Ball & Trunnion" drive shaft, due to the lateral angle design of the early A-Bodies. To correct this (because of what I'm doing with it) I have to straighten out that angle in order to do away with the need for the Ball & Trunnion for the standard Ford Slip Yoke on the 3-speed manual that is being swapped into it. As you clearly stated, a Manual Transmission is completely unforgiving compared to that 1965 "Slush-Box" automatic that was in there. I've tried my best to explain this to others, but as you are finding as well... it's a tough thing to explain to people. If I was to just drop this engine and tranny into this Dart, following the placement Mopar did.... I will have extreme U-Joint wrap.

[@Liam8488]

Could you add like a double Cardan Joint or something?

[@BareRoseGarage]

@@Liam8488 It is an option & one that a lot of short wheel base lifted 4x4 use. but with the manual trans it's still a lot of "side winding torque" on the tail shaft of the trans, and pinion. By straightening that angle out, I actually make the rear end that's in it stronger.... if that makes sense. That and the cost. I can have a custom "standard" driveline made for about 150 bucks. A "cv' driveline starts at around 600.

[@brianfairchild7819]

cardan joint...found on the front driveshaft of all 70s jeep cherokees. they were great until they came apart and knocked the side of the transmission off. thats the only reason i ever had to change a th400 in a cherokee

[@grizzly766]

Even if you do not have a high performance application...never reuse the ujoint bolts and straps. They are not expensive...just keep 5 on the shelf and use new.

[@michaelratliff7775]

Broke many ujoints until someone told me to tryout a Spicer joint which was great untill that torque found another weak spot! LoL Thanks UT! 😎

[@RobertQuine-pk7pl]

Like your videos alot. Always interesting tidbits of knowledge that I know took you time, frustration, money and pain to learn. In the past, when I had problem to fix, I used to have to go to the library (remember when people had to go to the library for answers?) and spends weeks trying to find answer for it. Nowadays, I can just watch a video, go figure. Anyways, could you possibly number your videos? When I do find a topic I want to explore, it's always a later video and I can't locate the earlier one in the sequence and can't tell when it was created. It just says 2 years ago, 4 years ago, 6 months ago. Thanks

[@horseyhorselips3501]

That Ball and Tenion joint I had to buy full rebuild kit just to buy rubber boot I’m putting a 55’ DeSoto 291 in a Model A that I got in basket case has a 48’ Ford front axle 69 Impala Disc Brakes (4piston like Vette) I put Lincoln v-12 front main spring . Has a 55’ Chevy rear axle (had 283 SBC when purchased). I have a Franklin Quick Change Rear Axle and 3 short tailshalf 727 Cores all three are 2 different u-joint & 1 ball & pin with parking brake like old powerflite My wheel base is 10 1/2” shorter then stock Model A frame , 3 1/2” front axle is behind spring & rear axle is 7” in front of spring . I was told a fiberglass 33’ Willy’s Coupe may fit my frame But in mean time I have a 29’ Coupster Steal Ford Body was a five window coup that had a full steel flat roof from factory it was cut off and lower part of roof panels were missing I had only the roof top to just under the top door hing top three inches of roof top. I had it in my yard and my dad tossed it out and a scrap man got it before I could save it. Unfortunately my dad also tossed out a matching pair of Hemi valve covers , I was going to have chromed plated, 😢 That roof hurts me more then those valve covers in a way. Most Model A Coupes had cloth top Mine didn’t and it was factory I wish I had the original Ford Engine this car came with. Oh yeah

[@RandallSoong-pp7ih]

Thank you!

[@alexlandsberger1423]

If it's for high performance just use non greaseable because the cross is solid making them stronger

[@jerrypalmer1370]

You should check and see if they make a yoke there takes u bolts for for the differential you're working on. I've got a Dana 80 one of the bolt holes on the yolk broke. I did some research and found a yolked it took u bolts

[@SteelheadTed]

Thanks for this video!

[@echota23]

I need to check my u joints now and see if I have them properly installed on my sbf powered 90isuzu short bed single cab drag truck.

[@ardennielsen3761]

my CV axle snapped, so I welded the broke stud back onto the CV hub... 4918 filler and 3/4 inch cut out of the broke section 50/50 split on fracture location. oil field frack well filler rod... 1 inch stud becomes a 700hp SFI patch. 100kpsi joint

[@ardennielsen3761]

the old engineered shear off location was ratted for 450lbft... the slip joint off the diff has 3 one inch lugs ratted for 140'000psi tensile each, 300'000psi to snap it off at the diff, patched with 4918 at the hub, 100'000 psi to snap it off the wheel hub a second time. 700hp SFI patch just change the wheel hub side of the CV axle. "sounds like a 30-06 going off when it lets go..."

[@johndoe43]

I'm a little crazy with the grease gun. Some would say I over do it. But it keeps the joints alive. Good video as always

[@DaPenceman]

Just stumbled upon "Kim fixes things" and she is in your shop, appears you are an equal opertunity mechanical guru, good for you. I'm not there yet

[@jimmyconn7314]

You the man!! Ty very much for sharing your knowledge,!! Now if you could let me know why dog barks at chem trails!! Awesome job!!

[@garyunger4442]

your a great Teacher ,Thanks

[@scottcates]

This information is superbly helpful

[@mikehannahs]

I don’t quite understand the putting the u-joint in compression, how exactly is that done? I know you explained it but I’m not catching on as to how

[@briansignorelli7090]

I have the same issue and I'm not a dummy

[@jonmoore8995]

Super Good Uncle Tony.

[@moparmatt5896]

Wow I had totally forgotten about the ball and trunion joint been a long time

[@stevencapamaggio8830]

If the drive shaft is perfectly straight with the crank and trans to the pinion for it to work properly what about the offset to the passenger side of the pinion? So it’s straight on one plane but not the other.

[@Monaco-BuilditFixitDriveitEver]

Yes, my fine thread bolts are getting crappy on my diff yoke.

[@jeremiewampler]

Uncle Tony your jeeps front driveshaft has a double Cardone joint at the transfer case

[@bentboybbz]

He says at high angles it binds but what he's talking about i think is less binding and more the design as he was saying...at a certain point in the rotation because of the 4 point contact design it reaches a spot where the driven side of the joint has to spin slightly faster for a very brief moment for the joint to overcome the geometry and it can seem like a vibration...well it is a vibration...but it's caused by that tiny speed up and slow down more than excess play or an actual bind in my opinion... honestly a slightly worn joint can achieve a higher angle before experiencing the same effect...I'm probably making no sense and sounding like I've been whacked in the head by a driveshaft lol. From my experience if you actually bind a u joint it finds the weakest spot... which personally I'd like to be a strap...if you break a strap you know not to try that a second time and can rig it up well enough to get home with some repurposed metal conveniently already attached to the truck! Again sorry if my explanation makes no sense it's hard to describe but fairly easy to demonstrate with the parts.

[@DoktorJeep]

Thank you Uncle Tony.

[@MrDibbons]

I would like to see Uncle Tony address the issue of ring and pinion ratios and tire diameter. Does a shorter tire actually work out to mimic a lower rear end ratio in practice?

[@bkcrim5395]

Absolutely, ask any guy that runs big tires on his truck. Not only will small tire lower your effective gear ratio but also means less rotating inertia in the tire

[@NBSV1]

The roller bearings needing to roll a little is part of why even with an independent rear the driveshaft still has a little bit of angle to it. Generally if it’s perfectly straight it tends to cause the joints to wear a little spot with the rollers as they’re basically just sitting in one spot rubbing.

[@derekhobbs1102]

I'm glad someone point this out.

[@donaldfrederick1557]

When replacing the screw in bolts with bolts and nuts allways use grade 5 or better bolts

[@chevy6794]

There is also the CV joints that have a bunch of balls in them. There is no shaft but the inners and outers form to the balls. Kinda like splines. Hard to explain. You see those on front wheel cars all the time.

[@WiSeNhEiMeR-1369]

HOWdy U-T-G, ... Thank ... YOU - "U" - Yew JOINTS ! Pretty ... but ... they are hard to keep "LIT" ! COOP the WiSeNhEiMeR from Richmond, INDIANA ...

[@jerryfarmer5989]

Yep jacked up 4 wheelers put the drive shaft in a bind. I have never seen any vehicle with the drive shaft in a level straight line. My '80 Ramcharger has the cardan joint on the front shaft and it is a bitch to take apart and put back together.

[@KrisisVal]

The 2 U-joints cancel each other out. the only thing that will cause vibration is the varying driveshaft speed but the wheel speed will be constant

[@jaystrock613]

I have some drive line noise. I replaced the carrier bearing, Chevy s 10 extended cab truck. It was not really bad, but the rubber mounting was broken. I still have rumble under load. I checked the u joints, all 5 of them. They seem fine. I still think it is a u joint because the rumble is like on off on off like a u joint spinning. Any ideas.

[@graydonjones6912]

I have 8 of them in my 87 Ford ranger 4x4 3 in the front differential and 2 in the front drive shaft and 3 in the rear driveshaft good times

[@DanielBODell]

Wow now I know why i broke the yoke one time,pretzeled three drive shafts on my 70 340 swinger! 4 grand hole shots imput and output being equal caused these problems!!! Chevy guy’es hated this car…I sand bagged these guys’d,because with my holes hot ! Back in early 1970smopar for ever!!!! A body was king…340s and 430 gears ! Hell y’all

[@georgecurtis6463]

I only worked on factory vehicles. Never really had to deal with modded systems and angle issues. That being said, I started working on a manufacturers vehicles that had joints that could be lubed. Part of the service requirement. Basically I never had to replace those. Only a few that just never got lubed. Then they went to sealed ones. And it didnt take to many years to see these going bad. Course this always occured out of warranty. And they were not made to be replaced. Shafts had to be replaced. Much later on I found an outfit that did replace them properly. Two piece shafts so the complete unit had to be sent so that they could be balanced properly. Course for shaft to trans connections, rubber flex joints were used. Thise are another story.

[@Pico-hq7ws]

The origins of the sealed for life UJs don't come from the cynical "it'll go bad just after warranty and we can stiff them for a whole new unit" approach. It comes from industry. In a factory, the grease points get filled with kak and you're supposed to take them right out, blow through with an air line, refit and THEN re-grease. If you just refill straight off, you inject the bearings with cr*p and kill the machinery. Machines with sealed for life proved much more durable (and en mass) cheaper = better. So they became the go to.

[@georgecurtis6463]

@@Pico-hq7ws yea, true. But most of us would actually clean the zerk fittings off. The fact that in my case they lasted bear forever points to them being also lifetime. The fact that I replaced much more sealed for life ones also points out that the older ones lasted longer because we could grease them. I suppose that it's just a 50/50 thing.

[@thesetruths1404]

Hi Tony! Do you know anyone who has compared wear, load abilities, and resistance to operational grime with OEM new u-joints and a few popular aftermarket brands too?

[@richardray9267]

Tony has nothing to do with u joints but the video from the other day about leaf springs taking the clamps off the back and more on the front of the spring does that work for over and under the spring diffs

[@MikeBrown-ii3pt]

Since we're on the subject of drivelines, I'd like to see a video dealing with the various "series" of u-joints. For example, the differences between a Spicer 1310 and a Spicer 1330 and what joint is best suited to what application.

[@NBSV1]

Generally the main difference is the size of the cross section and the caps. Bigger cross and bigger caps are stronger, but also require larger yokes. The best joint depends on application. There’s torque levels they’re good for so will want to get one large enough to handle what you’re putting to it.

[@MikeBrown-ii3pt]

@@NBSV1 Thanks for the reply. I know the differences but, many newbies might think that they're all the same. That's why I think a video might be good.

[@TheClampettmobile]

How does one check to see if a U joint is still good or about to wear out??

[@justinweidenbach3699]

Simple, and true.

[@demuskumarius]

I didnt realize how much and how easy driveshafts can bind until I worked in auto salvage. I've been in a tussle trying to get at bolts in cars that no longer could be lined up. Still remember this one BMW driveshaft that taught me not to take all the bolts out of one side before loosening the other side. Still miss that job and how it paid. Minimum wage just to be there plus a set amount per part. The owner had a 'get as many parts off vehicles and on the Internets' mentality so it worked out great.

[@superrodder2002]

I always hated rebuilding the Cardan CV joints in the rear of early to mid 70's big GM cars. that spring between the joints was the worst. I invented new swear words working on them.

[@jellyspears]

Wow. Great to know! Thanks.

[@deanstevenson6527]

🥝✔️ I'm in Pickle Paradise now. Thanks UTG.

[@reallifehardtruth4465]

Grease fitting compression is not anything I ever considered. It makes sense

[@87Supra4runner]

As a guy with a custom toyota 4x4 the 2 ujoint cardon joint as you called it is known as a double cardon and the cage of it operates on a centering socket ball. Are those different than a passenger car style?

[@tanyanickles6917]

You got any info on double Cardenas?

[@jimkalfakis9893]

Very good Tone, great info today. Most don’t consider this

[@DanEBoyd]

Driveshaft phase! What you said, regarding the up-down angles of the transmission, driveshaft, and pinion yoke, also holds true for side-to-side settings - which will come in to play when you introduce a rearend with an off-center pinion to a car with a perfectly centered transmission and driveshaft. If your engine and transmission aren't dead-nuts straight and the rearend pinion yoke is, then you're out of phase in that geometric plane. The important part is that the transmission output shaft/yoke is parallel with the pinion shaft yoke in both the up-and-down, and side-to-side, planes, which achieves proper phase. It's easier to perfect the side-to-side plane. The up-and-down plane is best set for the operating conditions in which the car spends the bulk of its time.

[@BareRoseGarage]

Spot on Dan E, and it's exactly what I'm dealing with on this 65 Dart.

[@hunnybunnysheavymetalmusic6542]

15:00 So... I look here, and I admit, I can only merely guess which side is which on this, but is the rule of thumb to place the joint so that the zerk follows one of the driving connections? [can not actually figure out a better way to phrase what I am trying to ask here, so please bear with me if I am lacking some critical bit of terminology here] Since there is no 'this side up' mark on it, nor any timing marks or alignment marks on the parts, how can I be dead certain that I have the proper position? I honestly have never blown a u-joint racing, nor have I heard about this technicality, so this is a learning experience for me here. Now I AM taking a screen shot of this just so I can write on it with photo editing and make marks and notes based on what you are saying, ans saving that in my information for when I next go about doing u-joints, because, while I do not race my F-350 Super Duty, I DO pull upwards of 17,000 pounds and it IS a manual transmission, so this JUST MIGHT be important to me some day, as I have seen a whole lot more large trucks with blown u-joints than race cars [could just be the fact I worked a long time as a truck and heavy equipment mechanic, I'm not sure]. Every little speck of information counts!

[@sidviscous5959]

those cardan u- joints seem to be used a lot on extended cab pickup trucks . . .

[@geoffreyscyrkels5845]

Hey so I have a 1966 Dodge Coronet with the original slant six in it now id like to swap a small block in but I can't find adapters for a b body slant six k frame to v8 got any suggestions?

[@T.Tuxedo]

Schumacher Creative Services has motor mounts and adapters.

[@geoffreyscyrkels5845]

@@T.Tuxedo I'm not seeing any b body slant six to sb v8 ones on their site for 1966

[@phillipbybee7157]

Are all ujoints cast steel or are some cast iron ?