RE: ball and trunion vs u joint

[Butch Edison <waedison@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I did not find a vendor selling ball & trunnion kits for our cars. If you do
find one, please let us know who it is. After a couple years of searching, I
did find some old rebuild kits and bought a few. The rubber boots were still
good, but the needle bearings in the cups, well, some were a bit rusty. Your
note reminds me to take them to a bearing shop today and see if I can get
new needle bearings or if they can provide the complete U-joints.
Fortunately for me, my ball & trunnion U-joints were still in good shape,
just needed to replace the rubber boot, which is very hard to come by (at
least it was for me). Some of our members had had luck I think using some VW
rubber boots. Whatever you use, be sure to grease the heck out the rubber
boot and then nurse it on, as it can be torn. 

Again, if you find a vendor, please let us know. Those old B&T U-joints were
used all the way up the Mopar food chain to the Max Wedge cars. I have a
friend who drag raced those MW cars for Chrysler in the 60s and 70s as a
team driver and he had no problems with them.

 /Butch/Ferndale, WA

-----Original Message-----
From: laborboy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:laborboy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2010 7:05 PM
To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: ball and trunion vs u joint


Need to replace the old B&T joint in our 1964 Dodge 330. Has anyone had 
work done by SharaDon in Minnesota, or Inland Empire Driveline in 
California? Seems like the replacement slip joint set up vibrates more. 
Any tips?

Zack and Ileana in Chicago


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