I was on the highway a few days ago giving it an Italian tuneup and did a few pedal to the metal at 60 mph going up a hill. On the last one (din't want to do more), I felt a vibration in the chassis which was alarming (never experienced it before). I backed off the throttle and the vibration went away. I was worrying it may be the flex disk and drove it easy and got it home with no problems. Got it on ramps to look and both flex disks looked ok, no cracks. However in the front u-joint and center bearing area there are some issues and I took some pics. The plastic shroud is torn which covers the spline. Shaking the drive shaft I can produce a slight clicking sound which sounds metal to metal. Can you tell from the pics what parts need replacing?




In this pic, does that look like it's out of place and is that a crack? I have to have a closer look.

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