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For those of you have taken TTB axles apart multiple times... is it important to have the passenger side u-joints in phase with each other? Meaning that the u-joints are all clocked the same... as is important with driveshaft u-joints.
I am troubleshooting a weird clunk/pop noise that my buddy's Ranger is making in 4 wheel drive only. It started making the noise after he put larger tires on it. He bought the truck from me and I had done a lot of work to it, including a t-case rebuild. We went through the front end and replaced the u-joints in the axle shafts and installed a different 3rd member. Noise seemed to be fixed. He drove it for a few months and then had 4.56 gears installed, and we just finished installing a 5.5" Duff lift. Now the noise is back.
I'm kind of wracking my brain here and am not coming up with much other than maybe the front shaft joints are out of phase on the passenger side and binding up. I have always just disregarded that and have never had a problem. Everything from the t-case forward is new, close to new or in excellent condition.
Thoughts?
I am troubleshooting a weird clunk/pop noise that my buddy's Ranger is making in 4 wheel drive only. It started making the noise after he put larger tires on it. He bought the truck from me and I had done a lot of work to it, including a t-case rebuild. We went through the front end and replaced the u-joints in the axle shafts and installed a different 3rd member. Noise seemed to be fixed. He drove it for a few months and then had 4.56 gears installed, and we just finished installing a 5.5" Duff lift. Now the noise is back.
I'm kind of wracking my brain here and am not coming up with much other than maybe the front shaft joints are out of phase on the passenger side and binding up. I have always just disregarded that and have never had a problem. Everything from the t-case forward is new, close to new or in excellent condition.
Thoughts?