Suspected rear driveshaft vibration after slip yoke lubrication

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Sep 12, 2022 | 12:51 PM
  #1  
I drive a 1999 mostly stock XJ with a 2 inch lift. I have never had any issues with drive train vibration until greased my slip yoke. It was a quick easy job and I didn't have any issues. Everything seems to be put back exactly as it was before the job. However, I have pretty noticable vibration on acceleration now that immediately goes away once I let off the gas. What could be the problem here?
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Sep 12, 2022 | 02:52 PM
  #2  
Are you talking about the slip yoke in the trans ? and did you make sure the the rear u joint is seated .
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Sep 12, 2022 | 03:17 PM
  #3  
perhaps a more thorough description of what all you did? Are we talking you literally just unbolted the straps at the axle's yoke then pulled the slip shaft free from the t-case and greased/lubricated then re-installed?

Making sure 1: both the ujoint tabs are still present and good on the yoke, 2: like mentioned above, the ujoint caps are properly seated in the yoke itself as well and the strap bolts are tight.
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Sep 13, 2022 | 03:23 PM
  #4  
"Are we talking you literally just unbolted the straps at the axle's yoke then pulled the slip shaft free from the t-case and greased/lubricated then re-installed?"

Yep, that's exactly what I did, nothing else. I'll double check what you suggested and go from there.
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Sep 13, 2022 | 06:50 PM
  #5  
SOLVED: I had a bad U-joint.

The U-joint between the rear differential and the driveshaft was bad. I didn't initially think that was the issue because it didn't have any give after reassembling everything after the slip yoke lubrication was done.

However, today when I gave the rear driveshaft a shake there was a ton of movement. I replaced the loose U-joint and the vibration I was having while driving completely disappeared.
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Sep 13, 2022 | 06:53 PM
  #6  
I love a happy ending.
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