nascarjay
New Member
I had this truck for about 5+ years and it always felt like something was binding or grinding like, and had a slight vibration at 70+ but smooth on 55 and 65 but was not bad and figured it must just be my old tires. but last week it got real bad, and so I looked at real good, and notice that the front u-joint of the rear drive shaft was cracked and so Im like happy, that must be the problem, so I went and had my rear drive shaft rebuilt, with new yoke on rear, and new u-joints, during this time I drove on the front drive shaft as I had before when the rear end went out, but this time it was not good, after about 250 miles the shaking and binding and grinding noise got real bad, and I was babying it the whole time, it got to the point where it would barely move, and I step on the gas to get going and it would just click click click and not hardly move, I figured I must of stripped the front spline of the t*case to the front drive shaft but not sure. I got the new rear drive shaft put and now just driving in 2 wheel drive, and I still get the vibration at 70+ and smooth at lower speeds, and it sounds like the front drive shaft is catching a hanging up on the spline or slip yoke. I had 4 different garages look at it and half said its the front end, and half said its the t-case. I am a student and trying to get of disability and get my life back going, and have very little money to fix the wrong things. This is very nice Tahoe, I restored it 2 years ago and took me two years and about 8k but she is rust free, and painted a 2005 jeep color, that deep dark green with a bit of gold in it. and I just could use some good advice. I also own a 1986 full size GMC blazer that I have had since 1987 and now is my mud truck, but I floated the valves and therefore my Tahoe is my only truck at this time, like I said I am broke. I saw that someone said that the u-joints need to be lined up a certain way like on my 86 but I thought that was only when you have a dual u-joint yoke set up, not the slide in style, but the front drive shaft I think it u-bolts on both sides with a slip yoke. I don't know what went wrong, I drove it easy, and had drove it before on the only the front drive shaft and nothing happen, I don't understand why I still have the same vibration when the entire drive line is new in the rear, and not using the front drive shaft. I replace the actuator last year, thinking that was the hanging up noise and feel I was getting but nope, changed nothing, but back then the vibration was so slight I could live with it. I have been running the same tires on it since I restored it as I don't usually drive that much, but right now I have to make 4 trips a week to Big Rapids about 45 miles one way each week and the freeway drive sucks. HELP HELP HELP :sad72:
