Bad yoke and slip joint after alignment?

Where is @Sirscrapntruckalot when you need him?

 

As you say what are the differences a valid point. I have been an O/O for almost all my driving career so I KNOW the cost of things other wise I would have been broke and out of business a long time ago. What I said for ME it was cheap, for the amount of torque my setup produces. I never said it was cheap for YOUR setup. Please don't read into what I said as what YOURS should cost. However it's better to fix/replace than to breakdown on the side of the road when the drive line takes out fuel tanks air lines and a host of other expensive parts. Good Luck and Happy New Year

 

Owning a truck is so much fun!!

It isn't benign, don't be a mild insult here, it is a critical part and there is a reason why it needs to be replaced. Many don't even care, a lot of lazy shops with ignorant mechanics just don't even see it, they are parts changers so don't complain that they found it.

Because that's how it is. Design a better power transmission parts, manufacture them and sell them to OEM, it would be a welcomed thing.

Nope, that's not the right repair.

Agreed.

Well technically the truck can't be released, sometimes a problem like that could lead to an accident and they are on the hook for it, meaning they will be sued and lose.

Yep it happens. I have replaced a bunch on the trucks I have.

Well some of the SP250 joints are Chinese-made, they are inferior, and they are sold cheaper. I got a bunch from an unnamed dealer who sourced them from a supplier with counterfeit parts and they were all replaced and those not used were returned, they paid for the replacing of all of them.

For all the work?

Not bad.

Cheaper than sitting on the side of the road with a hole in your tank and needing a tow plus hazmat cleanup.

Yep, it happens, it isn't ok but it happens.

Normall it is 30%, but then they are not paying 160 so if it is $250, their mark up seems to be more than 30%, like 60% which is bad.

Many of us deal with this issue more than once so we know.

Because some have paid a lot more. The parts are standard parts, the repair techniques are all the same, they cut off the yoke, then grind the end down to make it smooth, then put it into a jig to align the new one up and weld it up. Then they balance it, they are all the same.

 

I have found it cheaper, if I need a whole shaft, to just order it from Spicer. I used a driveshaft shop a lot when we needed one done right then.

But if we found issues during maintenance and knew it wasn't gonna come apart, i'd just order the assembly from Spicer

 

Well you took the words right outa my mouth

 

Just call Spicer customer service, they can let you know what they need. Dealership may be able to look up by VIN#. You already know you have SPL250's up front, and SPL170's in back.

That narrows down most of it. They'll need length of assemblies and slip yoke seperately IIRC

BTW, i don't necessarily think 5k$ was out of line if they were replacing all 4 gear box yokes, along with the work to shaft, and shaft yokes.

SPL shafts are quite a bit larger than average shafts, the joints are expensive, and the yokes themselves are too

 

I haven't had much experience with gliders. Anybody know if the original VIN# would still be on the frame?