Re: [Chrysler300] Ball and Trunnion drive shaft joints on 300's

[John Kuegel <jwkco@xxxxxxxxx>]

-I had Joe from Georgia make me up a drive shaft using the rear portion of a '60 Saratoga shaft I had for a few years sitting around...he encouraged me to use this instead of my original 300F shaft as the donor...the result was a beautiful job...the tube is completely new(and is the larger diameter like the original), as is the slip yoke in the front w/ flange- the only re-used piece is the rear yoke...I have yet to install and leave it on, but it fits like a glove...I only had to provide him with a few measurements from the original, and send him the donor shaft...he turned it around in 2 weeks and the cost with all the shipping was less than $500...my original will be saved (perhaps in the trunk, on a long trip to a show) and I still have the trunion from the donor as a spare...

John Kuegel

-300F(a wonderful, solid survivor w/ original interior) in Long Island, New York (where it is currently cold enough to freeze the nuts off of a steel bridge!)



--- On Sat, 1/17/09, JettLarry@xxxxxxx <JettLarry@xxxxxxx> wrote:
From: JettLarry@xxxxxxx <JettLarry@xxxxxxx>
Subject: [Chrysler300] Ball and Trunnion drive shaft joints on 300's
To: chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Saturday, January 17, 2009, 12:24 PM










    
            In preparation for the 1000 mile round trip just ahead to Temecula and  back, 

I lubed the rear U joint on the F and then found the front U joint exposed  

to the elements because the rubber boot was compromised.  Took it to my  

favorite trans shop and noticed that the car made a terrible scratching/scraping  

sound in reverse so I wanted to see why the rear brakes or rear end was making  

this racket.  I also have noticed a noticeable shudder at about 80 mph that  

vibrates the doors, this has been happening for more than a year. I either went 

 slower or faster and it went away.

 

The noise in reverse seemed to be coming from the rear end or the rear  

brakes but putting the car on the lift revealed that it really was the ball and  

trunnion front joint that was telegraphing the noise down the drive shaft to the 

 rear of the car.  Forward driving had never produced any strange noises,  

only reverse.  There was much grease all above the U joint where it had  been 

thrown out because the boot was torn.  What to do?

 

The drive shaft was removed and sent out to a drive shaft specialty shop  

where the B & T joint was scrapped and a "snap-fit" truck slip joint (by  Spicer 

I think) was bolted on.  The rear U joint was replaced with a  similar joint 

that never needs lube.  I was told that the front joint  probably would have 

failed very soon leaving me stranded far from home.   Total cost was $401.  I 

see an ad from a WPC member in Georgia that does  the same work for $395 and up 

plus shipping.  Now I know it is not correct  but it sure works swell and the 

440 and aluminum Torqueflight  in the car  right now can hardly afford to 

discriminate against the new kid on the  block.  The GA guy is Joe McGinnis at 706 

745 3985.  I don't know him  at all but had been considering calling him 

until recent events hiked the  urgency of the matter.  That's my story and I'm 

sticking with  it.

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