Ujoint what should the cost be to replace a ujoint

There should be clips in the grooves on the caps that are held in by the drive shaft straps.All ujoint caps either have a clip in a groove or a snap ring clip on top that fits into a groove on the drive shaft yoke.These clips not only help keep the ujoint front spitting the caps out they also center the ujoint in the yoke on the rear axle.If you dont have a clip groove then you may have the wrong ujoint.Look closely at the old ujoint and you should see what I mean.Good Luck!

the cheapest way would be to remove the front driveshaft I guess... This will give you opportunity to inspect the Ujoints too!
If it is only a Ujoint... you can replace the Ujoint and shaft when you have the money to do so...

Try to get the front wheels balanced.

a rear u joint shouldnt cost more than about 30 bucks at any autoparts store...napa, canadian tire, pep boys whatever.

if its 4wd drop front drive shaft remove the clips that hold the ujoints in place use a socket or a punch about the size of ujoint cap put in vise and knock out the old joint and replace with new one careful not to hurt needle bearings in the caps. if it is rear wheel drive and two piece driveshaft undo the the shaft at rearend and undo the center support bearing in the middle of the two shafts and pull out of vehicle replace ujoints same way as above. if it does not have the clips holding caps it plastic seal which needs to be heated up until the plastinc runs out of hole in flange

The drive shaft will need to be removed. Remove ujoint cap clips from yolk and shaft. Should be four all together.tap out the u joints.
Remove cap from new ujoint. place into yoke from outside. Slip ujoint inside, attach to cap. press ujoint into housing. do the same with drive shaft side. Dont forget to put the new clips provided, on the shaft and yolk

u-joints are replaceable. Or, get a used driveshaft at car-part.com. page with asterisk is low price.

You differential need to get service, with location shop price will varies but shouldn't cost more than $200.

you will need u-joints,frt hub seals,axle shaft dust seals and hub o-rings.most ford dealers charge 3 hrs for the hub service(seals) and 1.5 hrs to replace L+R u-joints.if they try to charge any more than 4.5 hrs go to different shop.if DIY there is a special seal driver needed to complete this repair.

Yes they do have U-Joints on the front axles.