1st Generation Specific (1979-1985) 1979-1985 Discussion including performance modifications and technical support sections

Talk about waiting till the last minute.

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Old May 29, 2007 | 01:57 AM
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Cool Talk about waiting till the last minute.

I knew that the ujoints needed to be replace but i didnt know how bad until i got it apart and removed the ujoints. Here are the pics...


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Old May 29, 2007 | 02:04 AM
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Old May 29, 2007 | 02:41 PM
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there ya go I fixed them. guess taking pictures and posting them at 2am is a bad thing too.
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Old May 29, 2007 | 06:41 PM
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wow! i'd say they were in need of replacing. how many miles did you get out of them?
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Old May 29, 2007 | 09:11 PM
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Old May 30, 2007 | 05:52 AM
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well if they are oem(they where the peened type) they are original and the odomiter is sitting at about 180k. The caps look worse there where no needles left in the berings and about 1/4 of the cap was distroyed and missing(before i beat the crap out of them to get them out).
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Old May 30, 2007 | 06:51 AM
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Very interesting...
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