How do I get the U-joints out - TRS
03-10-2009 | 02:14 PM
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How do I get the U-joints out - TRS
The book shows using an adapter (I'v got a 1 1/4 socket over one end), then press it out.
i'm using a vise as the press, I tried that but nothing moves. I afraid to put more pressure on it, may break the yoke??
Please tell me how to do this.
Thanks, Larry
i'm using a vise as the press, I tried that but nothing moves. I afraid to put more pressure on it, may break the yoke??
Please tell me how to do this.
Thanks, Larry
03-10-2009 | 03:27 PM
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Don't be afraid to put a little muscle into it baby. 
Put the caps under tension and then tap on the yokes a little bit with a ball-peen hammer if its really stuck. If they've been in there awhile it will take some pressure to get them to pop.
Put the caps under tension and then tap on the yokes a little bit with a ball-peen hammer if its really stuck. If they've been in there awhile it will take some pressure to get them to pop.
03-10-2009 | 10:06 PM
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Wear safety glasses if you put the torch too them. Sometimes you'll boil the grease out of them and it will spray out of the seals. A ball joint press like what you can rent at the auto part stores may be a little easier that a vise if you still have the shafts in the drive too. If you already have them out and doing it on a bench then nevermind.
