u joints no longer available

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moparisbest

moparisbest

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called Napa and oreilys today and was told that they didn't have the u joints for my 73 Plymouth satellite and that they wasn't even available from manufacture :wack: auto zone had two in stock so I got them has anyone else had this problem ?
 
moparisbest said:
called Napa and oreilys today and was told that they didn't have the u joints for my 73 Plymouth satellite and that they wasn't even available from manufacture :wack: auto zone had two in stock so I got them has anyone else had this problem ?
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I haven't gotten U-joints in a while. I wonder if they show up on Rock Auto.... If it is the standard small joint there are tons of cars that use it. It may very well be a catalog issue with Plymouth. Try the same joint for a 73 Charger with the same engine code.... There should also be an option for zerk in the spider or the cap.
 
ok...are you looking for a 7260 or 7290 u joint?
 
My local NAPA has them, or should I say can get them, both 7260 and 7290. I just bought some Spicer U joints not all that long ago, unless this is something totally recent.
 
Some parts guy screwed up, somewhere. I can guarantee you that the two "main" Mopar joints ain't goin away.
 
yeah I searched the internet and there are tons of places with them . my car takes the small u joint napa took my number and said they were going to find out what was going on
 
moparisbest said:
yeah I searched the internet and there are tons of places with them . my car takes the small u joint napa took my number and said they were going to find out what was going on
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I can tell you what is going on, you got the best service minimum wage can buy ;)
 
diymirage said:
I can tell you what is going on, you got the best service minimum wage can buy ;)
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Yeah, we just had a large turnover at a local parts house where I did all of my business. I have to go to the other one in town now, if I want something.

Those new guys couldn't find a collar in a shirt factory.
 
Since there are something like 4 U-joints that fit 90% of all the RWD American cars on the road, of all makes, it is highly doubtful that any one of them will be discontinued/unavailable for decades Parts counter guys tend to be idiots... at least most of them.
 
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