Calgary Jeep Association
4x4 Related Groups => General Talk => Topic started by: 1993yj on May 05, 2013, 09:07:47 PM
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hello on the way home from edmonton all of a sudden i started to get shake when driving at around 40 km .when i got home tryed looking for prblem and i found about 1/4 in play in my rear axle only on passenger side .i can hold the rear disk brake and see it move in on out.i have ford 8.8 in rear .any one have a clue of what it could be .
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Shake in the steering wheel or just the whole jeep? Id first guess u-joints. Its normal to have a bit of play in the rear in and out as far as I recall...
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Pretty common for the Ford 8.8 to have some end-play at the axleshaft. My Ranger 8.8 had .030" on the passenger side and nothing on the driver"s side. After some research, I found that this is quite common with the 8.8 and that it really wasn"t a big deal. IIRC it's just the space between the the axle and the cross pin that was causing the end-play. I would hear a clunk at slow speeds while taking tight corners. It's annoying sometimes but doesn"t sound like the problems you"re describing.