2020 Talon 4,000 mile report & U-joint info

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The Eibach springs made a huge improvement. I run with the swaybar now.

I marked the bearing cups and so far no problem. I inspect them every 200 miles. If the bearing cup turns its time to get both U-joint bearing cups spot welded. If I’m way out and have a bearing cup failure I carry a saw to cut the driveshaft in half so I can pull it forward off the sub trans. I can then drive it out in 2WD without the drive shaft turning. There is room to cut it through the coolant drain hole in the skid plate.

I installed a under roof air filter snorkel when new. Mt pre filter is still ok.

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Thanks Hondabob for the information but using the Dycem will work if the cup works out gradually suddenly. In the past have the cups failed gradually or suddenly? I like the ideas about the saw to remove the shaft and go to 2WD to get back to civilization. Just my thoughts.
 
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The Eibach springs made a huge improvement. I run with the swaybar now.

I marked the bearing cups and so far no problem. I inspect them every 200 miles. If the bearing cup turns its time to get both U-joint bearing cups spot welded. If I’m way out and have a bearing cup failure I carry a saw to cut the driveshaft in half so I can pull it forward off the sub trans. I can then drive it out in 2WD without the drive shaft turning. There is room to cut it through the coolant drain hole in the skid plate.

I installed a under roof air filter snorkel when new. Mt pre filter is still ok.

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As always , a great write up . Thanks Bob
 
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Forgot to mention you will need a 9 inch saw blade. My buddy had a bearing cup come out in around 300 miles on his 2021 Talon. My 2019 Talon went 15,000 miles and had lots of play where the C clip wore into the yoke. Both replacement drive shafts lost a bearing cup in less then 3,000 miles. I had the forth one spot welded before my dealer installed it. I was close to camp with both bearing cup failures but it sucks to drive slow for a couple of miles. There will be a lot of banging but its still driveable. It took 3 miles at about 10 mph to damage the yokes.

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I a not seeing any c-clips in the pictures and I don't see them when I look at my Talon. Where are they? Thanks
 
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I'm not seeing any c-clips in the pictures and I don't see them when I look at my Talon. Where are they? Thanks
PaulF did a breakdown of the failures in another thread with some great photos and explanations of what's happening.

 
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My 2020 Talon is at 4,600 and some miles now and no drive shaft problems. I check to see if the bearing caps are turning every few hundred miles. One of the guys has a bearing cap turning on his 4 seat Talon. I expect the U-joint problem is still small but it doesn't hurt to mark the bearing cups, there is 3 U-joints on the 4 seat model.
 
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