Recent content by westcoastgrind

This truck does have axle wrap definitely notice it when accelerating hard from low speed. There are many threads of it of people complaining about similar symptoms to mine which are attributed to axle wrap/pinion angle. I guess it could be the cause. Only reason I am hesitant is that before...

Yea there is more fore/after ajustment.. the tsb says to slide fully rearward which is easy enough. How did you ajust your side to side? There is not a lot of side to side ajustment on mine, maybe 1/2 from center so 1 inch total. I thought it was irrelevant and that was the job of the ujoints to...

I did mark both ends wirh a paint pen. The end with the slip yoke I was very precise with my line, I'm confident it's in proper phase. In terms of alignment I am not so sure. I have access to alldata and I have looked at both tsb and removal/installation procedure for driveshaft and there is...

I have a new to me 2012 f150 longwheel base. After performing tsb to grease slip yoke and slide center bearing rearward, I have a much more anoying shudder anytime I accelerate from a stop. Seeing as I was very carefully to keep everything indexed, I'm thinking it could be due to me messing...

That is what I thought. Afterwards, I was googling stuff and I ran across a post saying to never use the same hoses/pumps ect. And how gl5 is especially bad for transmissions and brass ect.. I was thinking about getting it flushed but sounds like it's not necessary.

The syringe was empty but not fully cleaned. Probably a teaspoon or two at the most.

Just wondering if I messed up or not. Filled my diff with motorcraft 80w90, and then with the same oil syringe I put fluid in my transmission (6r80). Since doing this I have been told that contaminating trans fluid is bad and that gl5 gear oil is especially bad. Do I need to be concerned or...