bad u joints kill 0-60 time - Third Generation F-Body Message Boards

88fastgta · 10-04-2009, 11:32 AM

this is probably a silly question but

i know i have bad u-joints and im going to replace them next week but i was wondering can that reduce your 0-60 times or kill your take off the reason im asking is because it just doesnt seem to reach 0-60 as quick now the u-joints are bad.... thanks in advance...

//<86TA>\\ · 10-04-2009, 01:20 PM

if they are that bad, i would not even consider racing the car, its a fail waiting to happen.

They will definitely affect your 60, when they break, the car will stop.

88fastgta · 10-04-2009, 01:23 PM

yeah they have been bad for a while now...i dont know how bad they are but every single time im coasting to a stop i hear this clank and metal sound and when at a stop when im putting it in gear you also hear the metal clanking sound... its very annoying.. i know its the u joints.. i have neapco brute forces now and will put them on next week... but since then my 0 to 60 has taken a huge dip... because when i accelerate hard i get this nasty vibration underneath.. i still have the stock u joints on there... they are probably low on grease and being 21 plus years old its time for new stronger ones.... its not the tranny mount because i checked it and its fine....

gregsz-28 · 10-05-2009, 02:24 AM

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Originally Posted by 88fastgta

...every single time im coasting to a stop i hear this clank and metal sound and when at a stop when im putting it in gear you also hear the metal clanking sound...

Are you sure? I have never heard of u-joints doing that. Are you sure your torque arm bolts are tight? That's the only other thing I can think of that would make that noise in that situation.

88fastgta · 10-05-2009, 09:48 AM

could be..... i already purchased my torque arm with a bmr unit anyway and got a bmr torque arm relocation crossmember to get the torque arm off the tailshaft and onto the crossmemberand install the new u joints all at the same time... so whatever it is im sure it will be gone within a week anyway after i install everything...

3rdgenmaro · 10-05-2009, 10:23 AM

either way man, stop driving it and fix it before something happens

88fastgta · 10-05-2009, 02:07 PM

i wish i could but sadly this is my daily driver... im going to baby it and will only have a week to put up with it until i install the parts... i've been driving it like this for at least two or three months...

BMR Tech · 10-07-2009, 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by 88fastgta

could be..... i already purchased my torque arm with a bmr unit anyway and got a bmr torque arm relocation crossmember to get the torque arm off the tailshaft and onto the crossmemberand install the new u joints all at the same time... so whatever it is im sure it will be gone within a week anyway after i install everything...

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