On 4/16/03 1:59 PM, "offroaddesign@softhome.net"
<offroaddesign@softhome.net> wrote:
> From the e mail I'm not sure if you are just unsure how to replace a u
> Joint, or are dealing with really siezed caps.
I thought I did. This frozen joint got me to rethink whether I had been
doing it right. Something particularly stubborn about this one.
>
> The usual procedure is to use a small socket that just fits inside the
> diameter of the yoke eye, which presses against the cap, and not the edge of
> the yoke. On the opposite side, you use a big socket that sits on the yoke,
> and not the cap. You put this mess in a big vice (4.5" or more) and squeeze.
That's more or less the way I was doing it, to no avail. I now have the
joint soaking, and put a call in to the local driveline shop. $10 to change
it, and they have VBFHs and hydraulics.
This is what I get for 10 years of occasionally greasing it. It has served
its purpose and considering the cost of the part, it has been depreciated
many times over. Glad I got it out before it grenaded.
--pat.
_______________________________________________
LRO mailing list
LRO@land-rover.team.net
http://land-rover.team.net/mailman/listinfo/lro
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b30 : Wed Apr 16 2003 - 21:16:53 EDT