Re: [AMC-List] bad bearing... somewhere...

["Swygert, Francis G MSgt 436 CES/CECM" <Francis.Swygert3@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Only the 63-66 V-8 shaft has a double cardan CV joint (two standard
u-joints with a center piece with centering pin/spring joining them) at
the front. Earlier V-8s and all sixes use a single u-joint. 63-66 V-8
shafts are two piece with a solid rear half and tubular front -- I don't
remember if the 56-62 V-8 shafts are one or two piece. All six cylinder
shafts are solid one piece. 
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Date: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 12:45 AM
From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>

On Mon, 27 Nov 2006, d stohler wrote:

> in the rear axle. now the rear is moving VERY smoothly, and
> quietly. the noise seems to be coming from the torque tube. maybe
> the middle of it. is there a bearing in there? im sure there is a
> u-joint right there on the back of the transmission right? being

It's a weird looking system... !

There's a CV joint (two U-joint X's) up at the trans end,
a sealed/un-lubeable bearing in the middle, and a splined
slip coupler in the rear. I think the center bears are still
available. They're under no real force (they keep the solid
portion of the driveshaft centered, is all), the one in my
Rambler is 350,000+ miles and still silent.

Check out the TSM; there's differences in the shaft, six
vs. eight.

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