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- Newsgroups: rec.autos
- Path: sparky!uunet!gatech!hubcap!jlysagh
- From: jlysagh@hubcap.clemson.edu (james joseph lysaght)
- Subject: U-Joints, effects of ignoring?
- Message-ID: <1992Jul30.182230.9132@hubcap.clemson.edu>
- Organization: Clemson University
- Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 18:22:30 GMT
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- Got a quesiton...
- Recently my 74 caddilac has developed a severe squeek in the u-joint.
- It needs to be replaced. Is this too difficult to do in an apartment
- parking lot with car up on ramps? How time consuming is the job and
- whst is involved? What kind of time constrain am I looking at before I
- absolutely can not drive the car, or is it too late already? I
- understand that it is possible for the drive shaft to fall from the car
- if this is ignored. How likely is this? How long can I go before this
- happens? If I ignore the problem for a week or two or more am I risking
- damage to other parts of the car as well?
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- Jim
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