25 May 08, 10:20 pm
93hummer Wrote:Hummer: pitman and idler arm replaced....death wobble from 35-40 is GONE!!!
Duct taped up the CV boots on the last remaining original 1993 light duty halfshaft, the rubber is all dry rotted... we will see how much longer this one lasts while I order a heavy duty replacement.
Got back from 55 mile and the temp fix on the CV boots had come undone, grease flung everywhere and the two boots were ragged and missing some pieces. I had some used CV boots that were in OK shape so I took the halfshaft apart and replaced the boots. Once I figured out that they came apart relatively easily, I took the remaining parts from 2 broken halfshafts and made one good spare for the passenger side front.
Aside from the grease in the last 93 original shaft being dried up and the boots dry rotting off of it, it was in amazingly great condition. Zero wear or play in the CV's, no twisting of splines , etc. This one has held up remarkably well.