THE SYNCRO JOURNEY!

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Yep Worn UJ I bet :wink:

Is there any movement or graunchy bits when turning the UJ's by hand?

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jed the spread wrote:Yep Worn UJ I bet :wink:

Is there any movement or graunchy bits when turning the UJ's by hand?

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The uj on the prop is fine.

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jed the spread wrote:Yep Worn UJ I bet :wink:

Is there any movement or graunchy bits when turning the UJ's by hand?

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The uj on the prop is fine.

Both of them?

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jed the spread wrote:
Cooper wrote:
jed the spread wrote:Yep Worn UJ I bet :wink:

Is there any movement or graunchy bits when turning the UJ's by hand?

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The uj on the prop is fine.

Both of them?

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Yes from what I've been told. And seen

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Grab hold of the ends and give it some wrist action. If it doesn't feel smooth it'll need rebuilding or exchanging.

That wasn't meant to sound crude. :oops:
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ninja.turtle007 wrote:Grab hold of the ends and give it some wrist action. If it doesn't feel smooth it'll need rebuilding or exchanging.

That wasn't meant to sound crude. :oops:

What the prop a rebuild?

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Sounds like a suspect propshaft and not a VC
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Just out of interest, who told you your Uj's were OK?

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had my uj's replaced at recoprop luton, near to you?
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Jed: the uj's on prop Phil said they were good. And I've had a feel and they are good.

Ray: Luton is about 30mins from me so close.

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Might be out of balance then, are any of the weights missing?

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jed the spread wrote:Might be out of balance then, are any of the weights missing?

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Where are the weights on the prop.

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Depends where they fell off! If there then they look like little tabs welded on,butifthey are missing then the only clue might be a rusty patch with evidence of spot welds in the middle....U/js can appear ok with a wobble test but may have play in or be installed out of true, best option is the take it to a prop specialist and get it checked and balanced....mine was £70 with 2 uj s , smooth as and one of the cheaper things on the van I did!


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max and caddy wrote:Depends where they fell off! If there then they look like little tabs welded on,butifthey are missing then the only clue might be a rusty patch with evidence of spot welds in the middle....U/js can appear ok with a wobble test but may have play in or be installed out of true, best option is the take it to a prop specialist and get it checked and balanced....mine was £70 with 2 uj s , smooth as and one of the cheaper things on the van I did!


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Weights are they where the fat bit is?

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No, welded to the big tube. One each end on mine but if the prop was in perfect balance there would be none....

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