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From: WillysTech@... [mailto:WillysTech@...] On
Behalf Of David Hoelzeman
Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2007 1:19 PM
To: WillysTech@...
Subject: Re: [WT] Locking Hub Noise

Had the Bendix joints in my truck - they will fail. Been there, done that.

One of the first things that should be checked is that the turning angle
isn't too much. The service manual has the specs for that (don't remember
it off-hand.) If the knuckle is allowed to turn too far the joint gets in
a bind and can break. On the Bendix joints in my truck one of the ears
making up the joint broke off and the broken off piece locked up the
steering. This occurred on a sharp left turn while in 4WD.

David
'50 $WD Pickup

On Sun, 23 Sep 2007 11:57:15 -0500, John Wickersham <johnwick@...>
wrote:

I would bet you have the Bendix type joints in your front axles, and
when these joints become worn, they pop and crackle. In the old days
(1950s) all of us Jeepers considered those noises just part of the "Jeep
thing." I never heard of anyone having these noisy joints fail, although
my experience was limited. When it got to the place that these noises in
the front axle of my 1949 3A were too annoying, I changed out the used
joints for new ones, and that was the end of it. However, the decision
was based upon aesthetics, not mechanics.

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