Spicer 5-1410X U-Joint Kit 1410/SPL36 Series (OSR)

Factory quality! DO NOT ADD GREASE! The grease that is in them from the factory is sufficient and carefully placed, for proper lubrication. Insure your caps are completely snapped on to the collar and the joint pivots freely and smoothly once installed! A little tap on the end cap in either direction will help relieve some of the preload on the end cap bearings. This is a little tricky on the rear joint once you install it, but the key there is to make sure the yoke is completely free of rust and debris. One little piece of dirt between the cap and yoke is enough to through the torque off, as it wont sit square, and once the dirt moves or deteriorates over time, the strap bolts will take up that slack and loosen below the required torque to keep the caps from free spinning. Sounds ridiculous, but it happens! You're dealing with micrometers, and the average size of one spec of dirt is larger than the free play clearance of the cap bearings. Over time, this will begin to wear into the straps and yoke. Thereby, decreasing the preload even further on the straps and bearings, causing catastrophic failure. Take the time to do it right the first time. Secondly, take the extra time to make sure your cap retaining yokes on the driveshaft are completely free of any rust or dirt. Clean the clip grooves out and use an Emory cloth or Emory paper (fine grit) to polish the insides of the yokes before attempting to knock or press the caps in place, being VERY careful not to remove but just the surface imperfections. IT WONT TAKE MUCH!! Keep in mind, the caps should NOT slide in freely. If they do, your yoke will need to be replaced or you have the wrong u-joints. If they slide in freely, they WILL FAIL being there isn't sufficient holding force to keep the end caps from walking and turning against the strap and yoke, quickly wearing into both parts. To choose the correct clips, install one set, gently tap the caps in either direction finding the “sweet spot” in the joint movement. The joint should be able to be moved by hand with approximately 4-5 pounds of pressure. If the joint moves freely, go up to the next size of clips. If the joint can’t be moved even after taping on the caps in both directions, then go down a size to prevent premature wear on the bearings and cap inner urethane bushings. After all this is said and done, and you have your joints installed. Use brake clean to clean the ends of the caps and retaining clips. Dry thoroughly with compressed air. Clean once more. Dry once more. Spray paint the ends of the caps allowing the paint to run slightly into the clip grooves. This will help seal out moisture, keep corrosion at bay, and help keep the clips in place and keep them from turning. Allow this paint to flash for ten minutes and then hit it with another heavy coat, being mindful not to overspray onto the u-joint seals. Painting the seals, or spraying them with petroleum distillates such as WD, will cause rapid premature failure. Hope this helps someone out there in DIY land! Now get in, hold your left hand out the window, point your index finger up, and then point it forward, point it back up and then forward again in quick succession. Keep that skinny pedal on the right down, your rig between the ditches and I'm east bound and down! Cheers!!

Bought a few of these and no complaints! Product is what it says it is. And find it is of excellent quality. Used on my 2005 Silverado 2500 HD manual drive

2 Spicer 5-1410X arrived on time and fit perfectly on the 2005 Chevy 2500HD rear drive shaft. Price was less than local parts stores

Very good Quality they fit my 2006 Dodge Ram 2500 Crew Cab SLT Short Bed Automatic with a 5.9 Cummins

Not much bad to say about these non greaseable sealed U Joints. The original sealed spicer U joints lasted 220,000 miles. I replaced all 3 after hearing some whirling noise coming from Carrier/center bearing. Replaced that too! I like that they had many extra clips packed with them of what looked like slightly different thicknesses and spring tension. The joints pressed in nice and snug and felt very smooth and solid after installation. Nice and quiet ride after getting my truck up to 75 mph on a smooth freeway drive.

It's says this item doesn't fit 2007 Armada. But it does, after going through several wrong parts. This was the exact size and Brand that is used. It fit like a glove. You coukd be costing yourself customers with this wrong info.

Removal of the OE ujoints with 225,000 miles on them went as what would be expected. But these ujoints went in smooth and felt great when installed.

My 2005 2500HD Duramax needed a new u-joint at the differential. I didn't want any partshouse junk, and Spicer is the GM OE that lasts many many years and hundreds of thousands of miles, so that's what's I went with. Install was pretty typical as you'd expect for most ujoint replacements. Heating, penetrating oil and beating is what it takes. Took about an hour to an hour and a half to do the job. Took the carrier bearing loose and slid the driveshaft out the side of the truck and worked on it there, never actually removing from the transmission.

Looks and fits as it should.

Perfect fit as expected with spicer parts. Came with multiple thickness snap rings. Worked with 2007 F350 with 2 piece drive shaft. You need 3 to rebuild entire shaft.

10,000km later, and they're working fine. Had a tough time getting the original joints out, so lubed the caps of these with anti-seize before installing them.

Good product, good price, on time.

Fit perfect