Did not expect this

[Skyview69]

I was out driving and started to hear some noise from underneath the car.  Made it home and got underneath.  The ujoints were bad so I took them off.  The one in the front was the factory ujoint (as far as I can tell) 

Here's a couple pics...When was the last time Detroit made a Ujoint??  I installed some new ones and the noise is gone but I tell you this one I took off is much better quality then the replacements 

[41husk]

many of the new ones, you can't even greese!

[maxwellwedge]

Yup - those are OE

[Skyview69]

Yeah...the ones I bought have some sort of new grease zerk that requires a $20.00 adapter for the regular grease gun...what a bunch of crap that is!!

I still find it hard to belive that the car still had an original ujoint after 42 years

[Topher]

Should have bought Spicer joints. Even the high dollar parts house joints come from the land of sloppy tolerances-China. I deal with a drive shaft shop that uses only Spicer, and it does make a difference. He told me thai many of the vibration problems brought to him are due to those other joints.