Thanks for the replies. I was able to find one from a donor car and I replaced it myself. It was easy, but one thing is bothering me--before I tightened the 2 brackets that hold it in, there was about a 1/4"of play side-to-side. After tightening the 2 brackets, there was no side play. That makes me think that the driveshaft needs to be centered somehow before it's tightened in. Any thoughts on that? Thanks again.
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That sounds like the U joint may be the small one on the new driveshaft (when you need the large one) or the inner snap ring on the cap is missing to me... The large U joint uses little stops cast into the outside of the yolk to keep the cap in place, the smaller U joint uses removable circular snap rings in the inner edge of the U joint cap. I hope this helps