91 XJ: front driveshaft double-cardan lubrication

In living color, cool.
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Steve wrote:
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> Steve
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If the tcase was set to N or 2HI, you will be able to turn the front
driveshaft, but in 4HI or 4LO, the front will not turn because the rear will
have it locked up.

The double cardan is a kind of universal joint, it is not a ball joint.



"Doug" > wrote in message
. com...
> If I jack up both front tires of my cherokee, apply the parking brake and
> put the auto-trans in neutral and leave the xfer case in 4WD will I be
able
> to freely rotate the front driveshaft so I can get to all the zerk grease
> fittings?
>
> Also, what's the double cardan joint ball for? In looking at the exploded
> diagram of the double cardan joint in the front driveshaft (right next to
> the xfer case) there is a ball fitting that looks like its got a grease
> fitting. What I'm wondering is why you need this spring-ball at all. If
the
> spiders are handling all the load from transferring power from the
> driveshaft through the double cardan joint then what is the point of the
> ball that goes between the spider and the center yoke in the double cardan
> joint?
>
> --
> there is no .sig
>
>

"Doug" > wrote in message
. ..
> Bill, the thing is, I've never even been able to see that grease fitting
> (for the ball), no matter how much I rotate the front driveshaft. Does the
> ball and spring put pressure on the spider? Is this how it stops the
> double-cardan joint from wobbling?
>

Yes. The spring presses on the inside of that ball, and this keeps the
joints lined up.

"L.W. (ßill) Hughes III" > wrote in message
...
> Yes, I was a mechanic in the Navy until Pearl Harbor, took me
> twenty two days to die.

I thought you started your military with some guy named Washington. He made
it onto the dollar bill, you are still a nobody ... How'd that happen?

"Doug" > wrote in message
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> Bill, I noticed your Chevron station was near (or on) Foothill Blvd. Is
that
> the Foothill Blvd. that runs thru Sylmar, Sun Valley and near Mt. Baldy?
Why
> did you give up on your Chevron station? It looks like your station was a
> full-serve. I always thought there was a lot of money to be made in
> automobile service?
>
> Was that pic of the Pomona dragstrip? I think that's the only dragstrip
left
> in Southern California now.
>
> --


Bill's station was in Vista, CA, not Pomona.

Who knows maybe he is me, I do hate today's lying bleeding heart
liberal traitors, like I did Benidic Arnold.
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Jeff Strickland wrote:
>
> I thought you started your military with some guy named Washington. He made
> it onto the dollar bill, you are still a nobody ... How'd that happen?

I thought you ran around with your hubs, locked. Like Doug has not
choice.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
http://www.billhughes.com/

Jeff Strickland wrote:
>
> If the tcase was set to N or 2HI, you will be able to turn the front
> driveshaft, but in 4HI or 4LO, the front will not turn because the rear will
> have it locked up.
>
> The double cardan is a kind of universal joint, it is not a ball joint.

Well, Benny was a bad guy, and the other kids hated him too.





"L.W. (ßill) Hughes III" > wrote in message
...
> Who knows maybe he is me, I do hate today's lying bleeding heart
> liberal traitors, like I did Benidic Arnold.
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> http://www.billhughes.com/
>
> Jeff Strickland wrote:
> >
> > I thought you started your military with some guy named Washington. He
made
> > it onto the dollar bill, you are still a nobody ... How'd that happen?

I do. Why do you ask?




"L.W. (ßill) Hughes III" > wrote in message
...
> I thought you ran around with your hubs, locked. Like Doug has not
> choice.
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> http://www.billhughes.com/
>
> Jeff Strickland wrote:
> >
> > If the tcase was set to N or 2HI, you will be able to turn the front
> > driveshaft, but in 4HI or 4LO, the front will not turn because the rear
will
> > have it locked up.
> >
> > The double cardan is a kind of universal joint, it is not a ball joint.

Then you know there's no f**kin' way you're going to rotate the
front driveshaft by just making sure the transfer's in two wheel drive
or neutral.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
http://www.billhughes.com/

Jeff Strickland wrote:
>
> I do. Why do you ask?