u joint life.
 

I changed my drive and since I have a ITS extension system, I had to change over the long drive shaft that goes into the boat over to the new drive. The ujoints that were on the drive were in good shape but were hard to press out and took a little finness with the hammer to go back in. One of the keepers did not lock in very easy. All turnes well and looks good, Any concernes with how long before changine ujoints on the drive?

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Probably should have just installed a new one from the get go, if one of the caps won't lock you might have slighly bent one of the yokes during disassembly/assembly process or one of the many bearing in the caps fell over and not letting the cap fully seat.

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If the yoke was bent just a little would that cause any problems?

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Most likely not but you need the lock clip in place or the u-joint may come apart which won't do your bellows or yokes any favors... :eek:

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I had the one keeper that was not easy going in. Onc it is in, what are the chances of it poping out?

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or Transom assy for that matter.....when a ujoint goes it can get VERY messy :eek: :eek:

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who has got the ujoints for the xr drive?

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mercruiser

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i had one go once. water starts coming in FAST!

thank god for a twin engine boat! :D