Just as good as they were when the old joints were in:
As long as you didn't pound on one ear so hard, and bend it a bit/
Usually, it's a bit difficult to do that, so you would have had to have one hell of a seized cap, or one heavy handed SOB with a BFH!
I'm sure you didn't bend anything. I've seen garden variety mental deficients, like that Cobra Jet from the other group install U-Joints and not screw up!
I hope this helps?
> >
> >
> >What are the chances the driveshaft will still be balanced after I
> >replace the u-joints?
> >
> >-RC
> >R.Clarke
> >===============
> >===============
> >
> > You should have listened to the tranny dude.
> >You're going to be redoing that seal job in about
> >6 weeks or less. Depends on how you use the
> >truck, but more importantly on how often you
> >crawl under it to see if it's still leaking.
> >
> >Top qualility silicone stops the leak for good,
> >and trust me when I say....that JB Weld is going
> >to start leaking again pretty quickly.
> >
> >as to the Drain Plug deal.....
> >
> >Go by that tranny shop you called up and carry
> >the drain plug with you. He'll likely give you a
> >teflon washer or an o-ring to go back on it...
> >NO CHARGE.
> >(something he would have done for free when
> >when he refilled the transfer case after slapp> >~jb weld cracks when vibrated, jerked, slammed,banged, bumped, beat up~
> >fact..not fiction
>
> Just an after thought why I used JBWeld. I've used it with 100%
> success fixing aluminum parts. Cylinder heads, valve cover, cases on
> motorcycles that have suffered a misaimed hammer or crash damage. I've
> used it to fill gaps and seal cracks. It has never failed even after
> years of hot oil and vibration in those applications.
>
> These were not presurized systems. Just hot oil baths or splashes. Is
> it possible the slip yoke gererates some oil pressure as it moves in
> and out? A guy at work pointed out that the yoke is cast iron and I
> was trying to get JBWeld to stick to a well seasoned fry pan, not the
> same as aluminum. I used carb cleanere, light mineral spirits, and
> contact cleaner followed by oil-free compressed air to clean the yoke
> before applying jbweld. Allowed to cure overnight followed by 8 hours
> under a hot lamp at ~150F. This always worked for me in the past.
> Adhesion appears to be good. Still a slight seep at the edge of the > stuff.
>
> Live and learn.
>
> -RC
>
>
> R.Clarke
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