Having recently replaced front and rear u-joints I was not aware of either
ovality or different sizes front to rear.
PaulH.
----- Original Message -----
From: Keith Gernert <kgernert@triad.rr.com>
To: <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2000 9:59 PM
Subject: U-joint removal question
> Well, after discovering my front U-joint was completely shot in one of its
spindles, I
> thought this was a job I could tackle myself. Ha! I spent much of the
day Saturday
> just trying to get the thing out of the front flange. Then, I got to the
rear U-joint.
> After much frustration just trying to get the clips out, I found something
interesting.
>
> On the driveshaft yoke, the holes containing the U-joint appear to be
out-of-round.
> The socket I used on the front end of the driveshaft, which was just the
right size to fit
> in the hole, will not fit in the holes on the rear yoke. Looking at them
closely, it
> appears that the holes are slightly oval.
>
> My question: At this point, should I just take the whole mess (plus the
new joints) to
> a shop and have them finish the job?
>
> I'm leaning that way, after all the trouble I had with the front U-joint.
I called a whole
> bunch of rental shops trying to find the U-joint tool someone once
mentioned here on
> the list, to no avail. (I would not have imagined it would have been that
rare a tool.)
> For the cost of buying that tool, I should be able to have someone else
get all
> frustrated with it instead of me. My only concern would be that they'd
put the thing
> together wrong--but I could clearly mark all the ends, and which way the
new U-
> joints fit, since they have the grease fittings.
>
>
> ------------
> Keith G.
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