xXxPARAGONxXx’s 1999 Chevrolet K2500 Crew Cab

[Caman96]

Well 2 years ago when I got truck, all u-joints were original w/46k on it. So, yeah, fronts still are original. They’ll be done sooner or later.

 

[xXxPARAGONxXx]

Well 2 years ago when I got truck, all u-joints were original w/46k on it. So, yeah, fronts still are original. They’ll be done sooner or later.

Did you go with greased or non-greased?

 

[Caman96]

They have grease zerks. I see yours do as well.

 

[Orpedcrow]

Did you clean up the male splines too see if they’re knife edged?

 

[xXxPARAGONxXx]

Did you clean up the male splines too see if they’re knife edged?

I scrubbed them down with wire brush and brake cleaner and inspected. I didn't see anything out of the ordinary. Admittedly, I'll have to research more on what further I can do to clean them up.

 

[Orpedcrow]

I like to clean up stuff like that with a quick Emory cloth just to polish the surface and take off any burrs. Super clean is a really good cleaner too, some in a bucket with water, put the splines in and scrub with a nylon brush. The degreaser imulsaphys imulsafise imolsofys imulfasizes… Breaks down the grease as you’re scrubbing it and keeps it from just being re-spread. It’ll eventually come off lol. But wear gloves, it’s pretty caustic.

 

[xXxPARAGONxXx]

I like to clean up stuff like that with a quick Emory cloth just to polish the surface and take off any burrs. Super clean is a really good cleaner too, some in a bucket with water, put the splines in and scrub with a nylon brush. The degreaser imulsaphys imulsafise imolsofys imulfasizes… Breaks down the grease as you’re scrubbing it and keeps it from just being re-spread. It’ll eventually come off lol. But wear gloves, it’s pretty caustic.

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I'm going to get some emory cloth. I will need it for a lot of things on the to-do list.

 

[Orpedcrow]

Speech to text translation: Emulsify


When your autocorrect doesn’t even know what you’re trying to say

 

[454cid]

Careful of those splines, that yoke probably has a plastic coating in it. You don't want to strip it.

 

[xXxPARAGONxXx]

Careful of those splines, that yoke probably has a plastic coating in it. You don't want to strip it.

Yeah, there's one part on the rear driveshaft (photographed in this post) that has the blue Teflon coating. I'm going to use Dawn and a nylon brush to clean it, but definitely not going to use anything harsh for fear of removing the coating.

On the other hand, the splines on the front yoke don't have the coating.