By: worthtm Mood: disapointed Date: 04/21/2007 23:10:51 Music: Death Cab For Cutie - Lack of Color

So I come home this weekend from school excited that it was my dads birthday (he was in a bad accident the beginning of March, in which he is lucky to be here).  I also ordered my new soft top and was going to put that on and drive the Jeep back down to Springfield instead of the truck.  Good news first, I got the soft top on and looking good.  Bad news: took it for a drive in the middle of the day and the rear driveshaft u-joint decided to blow.  (I think the U-joint straps screws worked loose, causing slop and leading to the u-joint failing, I wasn't even on the Jeep hard) So I had to pull over and run back home (roughly 1 mile uphill, luckily I just left the house) grab the truck and get the tools...pulled the driveshaft and drove home on the front axle in 4wd.

 More bad news: the u-joint strap bolt sheared off inside of the pinion yoke shaft , so it's not just a simple fix of replacing the u-joint in the rear ds and going on my way. 

I'm waiting until I get back from school in May to replace the Pinion Yoke Shaft, a new rear ds u-joint, and some spare strap&bolt kits & spare u-joints.  The sad thing was that I was going to change the oil and scan over the whole undercarriage tightening and making sure everything was snug, talk about a little to late !

 MORAL OF THE STORY: remember to check your driveshaft u-straps and bolts at every oil change to make sure they are tight.