Just my experience-
so lately my car has been a real dog, feeling really laggy and not powerful at all along with having a drivetrain squeak that was driving me crazy. So, i diagnosed it as being worn U-joints, and went about replacing them. the whole process took only about 3 hours, maybe less, and the car is now much more responsive and strong, and that terrible squeak is gone. I suggest that if your car is reaching about 70k-80k, or if you're noticing that your car feels doggish, you should check the U-joints out because they're probably shot. this is especially important for people who enjoy chirping the gears and hard shifting, this puts an immense amount of strain on the whole driveline, and the joints bear the brunt of it. in my case, half of the roller bearings were missing or out of place, and the grease was like water inside. $30 (for heavy duty joints) and ~3 hours of labor is certainly worthwhile IMO to get the car feeling ballzy again.
oh if you need more info just ask
so lately my car has been a real dog, feeling really laggy and not powerful at all along with having a drivetrain squeak that was driving me crazy. So, i diagnosed it as being worn U-joints, and went about replacing them. the whole process took only about 3 hours, maybe less, and the car is now much more responsive and strong, and that terrible squeak is gone. I suggest that if your car is reaching about 70k-80k, or if you're noticing that your car feels doggish, you should check the U-joints out because they're probably shot. this is especially important for people who enjoy chirping the gears and hard shifting, this puts an immense amount of strain on the whole driveline, and the joints bear the brunt of it. in my case, half of the roller bearings were missing or out of place, and the grease was like water inside. $30 (for heavy duty joints) and ~3 hours of labor is certainly worthwhile IMO to get the car feeling ballzy again.
oh if you need more info just ask