'02 Town & Country U-Joints

I have an '02 Town and Country van that I believe needs a front
u-joint. Not sure which one yet, haven't got it in the air yet.
Anyone know if these can be changed at home by someone who is fairly
mecanically inclined?

NES

Very easy and can be done at home,
"NES" > wrote in message
...
> I have an '02 Town and Country van that I believe needs a front
> u-joint. Not sure which one yet, haven't got it in the air yet.
> Anyone know if these can be changed at home by someone who is fairly
> mecanically inclined?
>
> NES

the only tru u joint your van has is part of the steering colum shaft
and not the drive axles

NES wrote:

> I have an '02 Town and Country van that I believe needs a front
> u-joint. Not sure which one yet, haven't got it in the air yet.
> Anyone know if these can be changed at home by someone who is fairly
> mecanically inclined?
>
> NES

The constant velocity joints in fwd drive shafts are just as much "universal
joints" as the one in the steering column.

"mic canic" > wrote in message
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> the only tru u joint your van has is part of the steering colum shaft
> and not the drive axles
>
> NES wrote:
>
> > I have an '02 Town and Country van that I believe needs a front
> > u-joint. Not sure which one yet, haven't got it in the air yet.
> > Anyone know if these can be changed at home by someone who is fairly
> > mecanically inclined?
> >
> > NES
>

i don't think so

Jack Idler wrote:

> The constant velocity joints in fwd drive shafts are just as much "universal
> joints" as the one in the steering column.
>
> "mic canic" > wrote in message
> ...
> > the only tru u joint your van has is part of the steering colum shaft
> > and not the drive axles
> >
> > NES wrote:
> >
> > > I have an '02 Town and Country van that I believe needs a front
> > > u-joint. Not sure which one yet, haven't got it in the air yet.
> > > Anyone know if these can be changed at home by someone who is fairly
> > > mecanically inclined?
> > >
> > > NES
> >

mic canic wrote:
> i don't think so
>
> Jack Idler wrote:
>
>
>>The constant velocity joints in fwd drive shafts are just as much "universal
>>joints" as the one in the steering column.

Yep - they are a certain type of universal joint. All constant velocity
joints are universal joints, but not all universal joints are constant
velocity. In the same way, the inner CV joint is a DOJ (double offset
joint), but it also is a type of CV joint (DOJ is a type of CVJ, but not
all CVJ's are DOJ's).


--
Bill Putney
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adddress with the letter 'x')

In article >,
mic canic > wrote:

> i don't think so
^^^^^^^^^
> Jack Idler wrote:
>
> > The constant velocity joints in fwd drive shafts are just as much "universal
> > joints" as the one in the steering column.
> >
> > "mic canic" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > the only tru u joint your van has is part of the steering colum shaft
> > > and not the drive axles
> > >
> > > NES wrote:
> > >
> > > > I have an '02 Town and Country van that I believe needs a front
> > > > u-joint. Not sure which one yet, haven't got it in the air yet.
> > > > Anyone know if these can be changed at home by someone who is fairly
> > > > mecanically inclined?
> > > >
> > > > NES
> > >

"mic canic" > wrote in message
...
>i don't think so
>
> Jack Idler wrote:
>
>> The constant velocity joints in fwd drive shafts are just as much
>> "universal
>> joints" as the one in the steering column.
>>
>> "mic canic" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > the only tru u joint your van has is part of the steering colum shaft
>> > and not the drive axles
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Why did you spoil your response by including the word "so"?

A joint or coupling used between shafts that aren't in line is "universal".
The cross type (Cardan) is one type and is used commonly in rwd prop.
shafts, and in some steering columns. You can't, however, say that the
various types used in fwd drive shafts aren't universal joints
themselves....they're just different.

well when using the word universal very loosely then i guess you are right

Jack Idler wrote:

> "mic canic" > wrote in message
> ...
> >i don't think so
> >
> > Jack Idler wrote:
> >
> >> The constant velocity joints in fwd drive shafts are just as much
> >> "universal
> >> joints" as the one in the steering column.
> >>
> >> "mic canic" > wrote in message
> >> ...
> >> > the only tru u joint your van has is part of the steering colum shaft
> >> > and not the drive axles
> <clipped>
>
> Why did you spoil your response by including the word "so"?
>
> A joint or coupling used between shafts that aren't in line is "universal".
> The cross type (Cardan) is one type and is used commonly in rwd prop.
> shafts, and in some steering columns. You can't, however, say that the
> various types used in fwd drive shafts aren't universal joints
> themselves....they're just different.

Yeah, right, "loosely"...the same way Merriam-Webster define it:

universal joint (noun)...."a shaft coupling capable of transmitting rotation
from one shaft to another not collinear with it"

"mic canic" > wrote in message
...
> well when using the word universal very loosely then i guess you are right
>
> Jack Idler wrote:
>
>> "mic canic" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> >i don't think so
>> >
>> > Jack Idler wrote:
>> >
>> >> The constant velocity joints in fwd drive shafts are just as much
>> >> "universal
>> >> joints" as the one in the steering column.
>> >>
>> >> "mic canic" > wrote in message
>> >> ...
>> >> > the only tru u joint your van has is part of the steering colum
>> >> > shaft
>> >> > and not the drive axles
>> <clipped>
>>
>> Why did you spoil your response by including the word "so"?
>>
>> A joint or coupling used between shafts that aren't in line is
>> "universal".
>> The cross type (Cardan) is one type and is used commonly in rwd prop.
>> shafts, and in some steering columns. You can't, however, say that the
>> various types used in fwd drive shafts aren't universal joints
>> themselves....they're just different.
>