PS Magazine - APRIL 1980
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 329
APRIL 1980
lets the prop shaft slide in thE yoke.
Dirt and water get in and tear uP th±
sPlines in the yoK² and on the shaft³
That's bad enough, but you'll have
real big trouble when the ProP shaft
"freezes´ in the yoKe and can't slide-
and tHe strain is Passed on to those
cOmPonents aµ the ends of the shaft.
That 2¶bit dust cuP can lead to a
·
RePaIr bill of more
Parts alone·if
¸
it's on a center axle
ProP
shaft¹
ºhe
whole
shaft
assembly»s got to be rePlaced¼
I
YeP, there're 7 o( these ProP shaft
sliP yoKes on you½ Goat¾1 on the
carrier ProP shaft and 1 on each oF th¿
6 axle ProP shafts¹ The dust cuP in
each of the sliP yoKes wAs PressÀd in
dUring manufactUre to Áill the Âhole
used inMachiningÃthe sPlines inside¼
E-a±s-y With tHe Lube!
Ä
igh¶PressurÅ lubing can PoP a slip
r
."
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±
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³´sµ¶y·¸
w
-
¹it
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yoKe dust cup. So bÅ sure to use only
te
'·grEas±.
your hand¶operated grease gun on
;
²h³
f
´ uiTIl µ¶¸
those slÆPÇyoKe lube fittings. Ène
easÉ
±
.
²
.±
shot Êay
be enough¾just until you
see
grease
oozing out of the seal¼ Then
•
²
+oh
²
TH
.
stoP!
' Ou\
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³
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m
S
!
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,
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Ëven so, you can overlube the axle prop shaft sLiP yoKes³ WhÅn the shaft
slides into the sliP yoKe during oPeration, the pressure against the grÅase can
PoP the dust
c.
To KeeP this from haPPening, turn your steering wheel all the
18
Ìt»s bacÍ Co 3,000¶miles or¶quarCerly
´
for engine oil filter and fUel filter
services covered by ÎÈ 9¶2320¶211¶12
<Ïn 79) and ÎÈ 9¶2320¶209¶12/1
ÐSeP 76).
ºhe word on 5¶ton trucKs is in
TÑÒÓÈÔ
Ôsg
DÒSTѶÔÐNÕÖ)
031237Z Èct 79¼ The "6,000 miles or
19
se
annually´
for oi an
» ¼
t×Ø
in ÎÈ 9¶2320¶211¶12 should be "3,000
miles or qUarterly´¹
Just sticK to ÎÈ 9Ù2320¶209¶12/1
the way it is³ Öay Úo mind to thÛ "new´
PooP that came out in
T
43¶0001¶39¶
2 Üul 78), Ñrticle 2ÙÝÝc, and in ÖS 312,
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