OK I JUST PUT MY T-56 IN MY 89 IROC I DROVE IT AROUND FIR ABOUT TWO WEKKS I WAS DRIVE HOME FROM WORK TODAY AND I HEARD SNAP THEN PING AND WENT UP MY DRIVE WAY AND I HEAR BOOM AND BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM THE REAR END OF MY DRIVE SHAFT FELL OUT ..........WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON???

 

Did the u-joint break? Did the straps bend? Did the screws come loose? If you were just cruising around and there was no stress on the drivetrain, my guess is the screws weren't tightened down. That's weird, for sure...

Dave

 

Yeah, we'd like some more info on what broke/came loose. That sucks though. The driveshaft is one of those things you don't want falling off....

 

ok well it fall out at the rear end where it connects... I first thjough ok no big deal i broke the u joints right.... wrong i got under it as much as i can since its on a hill on my drive way sitting at the bottom.. the u joints are still intact everything looks reall meashed up though around the joint.... i dont understand how it fel out one of the u joints is loose as hell but the other is tight i dont understand...........HELP

 

Ok its turned out that it was that for way universal joing with the bearings on it that broke so i replaced it along with teo new u joint bolt... now there is another problem....

When i hit about 50 or so there is and loud grinding noise coming from the font sounds like the gear box mabey....also my car shakes more at higher speed the shakingi asume is because the driveshaft is in wrong but aht noise i have no idea i thought it was trans fluid since seom spilled out when i took out the drive shaft so i put some more in and it still makes that noise some please help me...

thanks
james

 

Did you load grease into the u-joint though the grease fitting?

 

no but i was told that didnt have to be done right away and could that be causeing that noise?

 

ok nobody knows what could be causing this?