Was told by dealer yesterday that GM no longer "fixes" the driveline clunking by installing new nickle plated yoke. The "fix" they performed was just to grease it. I had a copy of a tsb (a few years old) that stated to replace w/nickle which i assume they no longer adhere to..Any thoughts/answers??
I'd say the normal fix is to grease it. But if you have TSB in hand I'd jump up & down until I was thrown out or they did it.
~KJ/TLGM
One thought is that they found that the nickel plated replacements were no more effective as a permanent solution then just greasing them regularly.
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I think the key is the type of grease used. Back in 85 GM had a recommended grease for this. Maybe a moly grease or one containing silicone.
Yeah, it's call "THICK GREASE" ;-)
Brian
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On 1 May 2004 06:39:27 -0700, snipped-for-privacy@bnl.gov (gary) said while waiving his hands wildly:
]Was told by dealer yesterday that GM no longer "fixes" the driveline ]clunking by installing new nickle plated yoke. The "fix" they ]performed was just to grease it. I had a copy of a tsb (a few years ]old) that stated to replace w/nickle which i assume they no longer ]adhere to..Any thoughts/answers??
They use a special high temp, high pressure grease. GM part number is 1#12345879 gr. 8.800
Worked for me.
Just hope they try to physically remove you too! Then they'll install allot for free... hehe. No reason not to try.
~KJ/TLGM
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