ronnie24

Hey, the other day i was changing the U joints on my frontdrive of my 98 GC and there was a spring in between the two u joints and i lost it. Just wondering why its there and should i find another one thanks for any help.

dirtmod0

yes u need it, its for keeping pressure against the constant velocity joint section of your front drive shaft. The part stores offer them if you cant find it.

ronnie24

thanks for the fast reply, what will happen if its not there, do you know whats the spring is called?

dirtmod0

the u-joints will bind up, i looked on Napa website and for the life of me cant recall the name of it.

ronnie24

ok thanks ill try and find a spring somewhere, if anyone knows where i can find one or the name of it that would be great.

ol"blue

In the exploded view of the double-cardan U-joint in the manual, the only spring it shows is called a "Socket spring". It goes between the Socket ball and the Link yoke.

caged

yup, blue's got it.
you can replace the whole centering ball yoke for about 40 bux.

ronnie24

thanks im goin to try the auto parts stores