New guy here.

Mad Max · Sep 12, 2024

I found this site while searching for answers to driveshaft replacement. Glad I found you and appreciate the add.

My rig is a 2008 Sport Trac Limited 4.0 that is pretty loaded up. I bought it a little over a year ago. Nice shape but needs a few things which I am working on as we go. The drive shaft got really noisy so looked into it. Drives me crazy that they would make something “unserviceable”. I’ll post about my drive shaft adventure soon. Thank you guys for being here! Max

Sarah93003 · Sep 12, 2024

Welcome, Max!

"Risky Bizness" · Sep 13, 2024

Welcome !!! Lots of good folks/information here.

Just went through the drive shaft problems with both of our ST.

My wifes 2008 2WD got the carrier bearing replaced, and my 2008 Adrenalin got a new drive shaft. Being un-serviceable is indeed a PITA !!!!

rwbenner · Sep 14, 2024

I don’t have a second gen ST (….yet), but the drive shafts are not servicable? Like meaning I can’t drop it if it needed new joints?

Mad Max · Sep 14, 2024

rwbenner said:
I don’t have a second gen ST (….yet), but the drive shafts are not servicable? Like meaning I can’t drop it if it needed new joints?

You have to replace the whole drive shaft. You cannot just replace the U joints. Most vehicle manufacturers are doing that now. If you look I wrote a second post about what I did. It really wasn’t too bad, just takes some planning. Unserviceable ranks right up there with the sealed transmission with no dip stick. Unbelievable. But they are all doing that now also. My Diesel Grand Cherokee has that too. You can’t even check the fluid level. But I will give the original drive shaft credit. It went 170,000 miles before starting to fail. Max