[DeTomaso] stock half shafts and u-joints

[Rob Dumoulin]

What can be checked while on the car to indicate imminent failure? I have
no idea if/when mine were ever replace from stock on my '71. The are a
gold-ish paint and do show age.

Rob

On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 5:53 PM, <JDeRyke at aol.com> wrote:

> Some OEM replacements work OK while the latest failure of oem u-joints was
> Chris Darling in CA 6 weeks ago. Larry Stock has found a number of OEM
> halfshaft u-joint holders worn beyond use, which will obviously affect the
> life
> of even the best u-joints. On the other hand, Spicer halfshafts are out of
> production and good used Spicers are quite pricy- about the same as CV
> joint
> axles, so there may be no choice for many. Closely inspect yourv stock
> halfshafts before spending money on tem. Good luck- J Deryke
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