Front drive shaft gone?
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TrainWreck618
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Yeah, when it starts spitting grease it's time to start thinking about a new shaft.
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Clutch
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BaddestCross
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Nah... There's a lot more grease in there. 
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BumblebeeZA
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Can you not just replace that little boot for now?
If they don't sell it separately, surely you could find a secondhand boot somewhere.
If they don't sell it separately, surely you could find a secondhand boot somewhere.
OverlanderJK
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What would that do? The cv joint is shot, replacing a slip boot won’t do anything.
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Here's what happens when you don't replace it.
Raised our jeep from 2.5" to 4.5" about a year ago. 6,000 miles since then. Decided I would risk it and see how long the OEM shaft would last. 6k is evidently the answer.
The only warning was a small vibration that lasted about 90 seconds before it blew at 65mph. No grease slinging prior to failure, checked every 500-1000 miles. Very lucky it didn't take out the T-case, transmission or exhaust...
Removed the 4 bolts from the front of the shaft on the highway, while laying in snow. Ruined our day of wheeling, but everyone was safe thankfully.
I'm a cheap bastard and I try to get away with the least expensive options often, but I recommend doing to shaft right now.
Raised our jeep from 2.5" to 4.5" about a year ago. 6,000 miles since then. Decided I would risk it and see how long the OEM shaft would last. 6k is evidently the answer.
The only warning was a small vibration that lasted about 90 seconds before it blew at 65mph. No grease slinging prior to failure, checked every 500-1000 miles. Very lucky it didn't take out the T-case, transmission or exhaust...
Removed the 4 bolts from the front of the shaft on the highway, while laying in snow. Ruined our day of wheeling, but everyone was safe thankfully.
I'm a cheap bastard and I try to get away with the least expensive options often, but I recommend doing to shaft right now.
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OverlanderJK
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I’ve had multiple factory driveline failures and they all gave warning long before complete failure. In fact, I never had one “blow up” while driving.
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BumblebeeZA
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I never knew that :O then best to replace with an after market shaft that can handle the angles
SDG
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Wanna race?
OverlanderJK
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Clifford33
Caught the Bug
I’m going to go from 2.5” lift to a 4” but my cv joint is already spitting out fluid
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SDG
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Poof! I don't care if it was a unicorn dick, that shit was funny!
JeepinLife
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I had this exact same thing happen. No previous noise or vibration. One day on high way I got a slight vibration I thought was the pavement surface actually changing a few seconds later kaboom... fire and parts every where.. nah wasn’t that bad but did only give about a min of slight vibration before it went.. I even changed lanes because I figured it was the rd
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That has been my experience in the past as well. Also the reason I didn't replace it right away.
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I also thought it was the road, as there was a lot of snow and ice on the road. It sure was fun laying in the snow removing the front bolts on the shaft though, haha. Never did find any of the balls, but that's what 65mph gets ya, I guess.:crazyeyes: