Attention: TDR Forum Junkies 
Just finished up rebuilding the rear driveline on my '03. It was a bit of a PITA, but not as bad as other things I've had to fool with. Replaced all of the u-joints with Precision Super Strength greasable u-joints (part # 295A for all 3 on a two piece driveline for anyone who is interested). What a difference! On the test drive, things felt WAY smoother! Almost feels like I got a little torque and HP back out of the deal. The ones that I took out were factory originals. They were worn and two out of the three actually didn't look too bad. The one at the transfer case looked pretty well shot. My friend that helped me has connections at a local machine shop and we were able to go there and use a press, which made the job a ton easier. I really don't think that I would have been able to get the old u-joints out without the press. Also, I have seen posts on TDR with pictures of the grease point on the OEM u-joints. I looked mine over very carefully and there was no grease point on the three that I took out.
I did not replace the center bearing, however. The one that was already on wasn't damaged and seemed to move very freely. I asked the master machinist to look it over and said it looked and felt just fine. This might come back to haunt me later, but we'll see. The down side is that I still have my squeak and a bit of a grind that I posted about a few weeks ago. I believe that problem to be one of the u-joints on the front driveline. I wanted to re-do the front driveline as well, but the Torx bolts on the flange at the front axle are proving to be a challenge. At this point I'm thinking about taking it to a driveline shop to have them rebuild the front driveline. Anyone know of a decent driveline shop in the Baltimore/Frederick, MD area?
I did not replace the center bearing, however. The one that was already on wasn't damaged and seemed to move very freely. I asked the master machinist to look it over and said it looked and felt just fine. This might come back to haunt me later, but we'll see. The down side is that I still have my squeak and a bit of a grind that I posted about a few weeks ago. I believe that problem to be one of the u-joints on the front driveline. I wanted to re-do the front driveline as well, but the Torx bolts on the flange at the front axle are proving to be a challenge. At this point I'm thinking about taking it to a driveline shop to have them rebuild the front driveline. Anyone know of a decent driveline shop in the Baltimore/Frederick, MD area?
