Re: [lro] U-joint buggery

From: Jeff Bieler (mrbieler@earthlink.net)
Date: Wed Apr 16 2003 - 19:30:02 EDT

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    I gave up on doing them myself. I have a local drive line shop that charges
    about $18 per end. $36 gets you Spicer u-joints & installation. I figure
    my time is worth that much at least. It's usually only a few hours turn
    around to get it done.

    Jeff

    on 4/16/03 4:23 PM, Patrick Parsons at patrickparsons@hawaii.rr.com wrote:

    >
    > Ok, the squealing noise in my rear end returned even after greasing the area
    > liberally inside and out.
    >
    > ;-)
    >
    > So, I dropped the prop shaft. As I suspected, one axis of the rearmost
    > u-joint is "frozen" as far as my hands trying to budge it go. The engine and
    > tranny get it to move, but with that squeak-squeak sound.
    >
    > Now that I've got the Circlips out, I cant get anything else unstuck. Can't
    > figure out how to get the caps out of the yokes. I figured I'd squeeze them
    > out by clamping down on one cap and hoping it would pop out the other side.
    > I guess I must first soak in hot water and Simple Green, then apply liberal
    > doses of PB Blaster...
    >
    > Any ideas for a bitch of a u-joint will be handy...
    >
    > I don't have a press of any sort, no 12" lathe, no oxy acetylene torch...
    > Have BFH and diminishing supply of beer and patience. <grins>
    >
    > --pat.
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