# Tommy's front u-joint experience

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/tommys-front-u-joint-experience/63821>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Tags:** cutlass, oldsmobile\
**Created:** [April 18, 2011, 1:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tommys-front-u-joint-experience/63821 "2011-04-18T13:46:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![slestak](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/slestak/32/5764_2.png) [@slestak](https://community.cartalk.com/u/slestak)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2011, 1:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tommys-front-u-joint-experience/63821/1 "2011-04-18T13:46:22Z")

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I had an experience similar to Tommy’s with my 72 Olds Cutlass in high school. The fortunate thing that saved my rear end was I had put so many junkyard transmissions into that jalopy that I had braced the driveshaft with coat hanger during one of these auto-tranny changes.  
  
  
  
 When my front ujoint did fail, I was instantly alerted with a cacaphony of slapping under the card as the driveshaft flailed around and hit the bottom of the car.  
  
  
  
 After seeing it was the u-joint I imagined later how ugly it would have been if that driveshaft planted into the road…