alex99gst
20+ Year Contributor
- 1,340
- 24
- Feb 10, 2003
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Nashville,
Tennessee
First off, I have searched a lot and found nothing but people telling eachother to take their cars to the dealer and deal with all of their BS. I'm not planning on taking my car to the dealer because every dealer I called said they either wouldn't perform the recall or I would have to pay up front. I'm tired of dealing with them.
I know on the vfaq, they fill the end of the yoke with jb weld so that it can't possibly leak. I have tried this, but from under the car it is extremely hard to get any jb weld in there and make it stick. Does the transfer case fluid come out through the shaft and into the yoke and then leaks? I was wondering if I could just jb weld the end of the shaft and not have to mess with the yoke anymore. Would a ton of RTV do the same thing? I just can't seem to get any of it to stick to that back plug, especially from under the car.
I guess I could resort to pulling my driveshaft with a friend and standing it up straight to get into the yoke, but I wasn't planning on this. I also wasn't planning on getting those circlip pliers and physically taking the yoke off because I'm not sure I could put it back together correctly.
Would I be safe covering the part of the shaft I circled in red with jb weld and loading up the yoke with tons of RTV or am I misunderstanding the fix? I don't want to almost die on the interstate again.
I know on the vfaq, they fill the end of the yoke with jb weld so that it can't possibly leak. I have tried this, but from under the car it is extremely hard to get any jb weld in there and make it stick. Does the transfer case fluid come out through the shaft and into the yoke and then leaks? I was wondering if I could just jb weld the end of the shaft and not have to mess with the yoke anymore. Would a ton of RTV do the same thing? I just can't seem to get any of it to stick to that back plug, especially from under the car.
I guess I could resort to pulling my driveshaft with a friend and standing it up straight to get into the yoke, but I wasn't planning on this. I also wasn't planning on getting those circlip pliers and physically taking the yoke off because I'm not sure I could put it back together correctly.
Would I be safe covering the part of the shaft I circled in red with jb weld and loading up the yoke with tons of RTV or am I misunderstanding the fix? I don't want to almost die on the interstate again.