Happyeggfarm7

Thanks for the info guys. Ended up gettin a moog u joint from parts store so I guess I'll be going the hammer route. No time till Sunday morning so I'll update then.

steering wheel and under drivers seat. I'm pretty certain it's the U-joint at this point but I'm just a little worried that something is causing these things to go wrong. You can tell that the front driver shaft is replaced from the scrap yard recently although I don't know how recently or for what reason and maybe it already had a bad u-joint. My only question is there something else that could be wrong with the vehicle that is causing a the first driveshaft to go out and now the U-joint

Btw notice it starting around 35 and gets its worst at 50 doesn't get any worse between 50 and 85

So after digging I realized that the front driveshaft had been replaced by one from the scrap yard and I think the frontmost U joint is a bolt has wiggled off and I'm hoping that's the only problem is that they purchased a used drive shaft with a bad u-joint, I plan replacing the U-joint tomorrow I may be the next day actually working on my 96 Dakota as well. I'm hoping once I replace the U joint and missing bolt and tighten everything up she'll be running okay. Hit it with a level this morning everything seems to be pretty straight so I think it's just that right now. Hopefully. Thanks for the info guys and the suggestions I'll keep you updated

I bought the car needing the recalls on the front strut. There was also the wrong size tire on the front driver side. Therefore the ABS was on and then I took it to get the recall done they told me the ball joint on the passenger side and need to be done. Which I did it. Then had four new tires put on balanced and aligned front side seems to still be shaking feel vibration under seat and in steering wheel but no evident wear to the U-joints. What else could it be? Any help guys will be greatly appreciated I put all the money I can into this vehicle and all I have left is time. With the front and rear of the vehicle off the ground one tire each I'm able to turn the drivetrain and it seems to turn about a quarter inch before moving the wheels. Is that normal? I've tried looking this up for hours and haven't gotten a video that confirms nor denies. Seems to me that when you turn your drivetrain by hand there is a slight delay in most Vehicles before the wheel begins to spin.