Tim, don't you have the two driveshaft? I think you will have to remove t=
he
center support bearing to let shaft down some. You have the ball on trans=
?
That ball has a collar to unbolt, then the ball section pulls back and
slides down drive shaft some. You may need to scrape/brush off gunk to do
that. You may also need to loosen the gasket collar ring at small end of
ball where it grips the housing. I've never had a four spd with the enclo=
sed
drive before, mine have all been open joints. Even on them I had to lower
the center support or Mid-ship bearing.=0D
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From: tim=0D
Date: Sunday, September 15, 2002 08:58:33 PM=0D
To: Ole Truckers=0D
Subject: [oletrucks] U-joint removal=0D
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I think I've narrowed down my problem to the U-Joint between my 4-speed=0D
transmission and closed drive shaft. The speedometer works fine,=0D
indicating that the tranny itself is fully functional, and the=0D
gears-not-engaging sound gets louder with higher gears.=0D
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My problem is I can't seem to get at the inside of the U-joint. I've=0D
unbolted the rear cover, as well as the plate on the crossmember below th=
e=0D
U-joint. There's an L-shaped bracket that's riveted to the plate, with a=0D
big honkin' chunk of metal underneath it that prevents the bracket, plate=
,=0D
and U-joint rear cover from moving very far past the crossmember. What am=
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I doing wrong? Is there something else I should be doing to inspect the=0D
U-joint? The shop manual is very unhelpful on this problem.=0D
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Thanks in advance,=0D
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Tim Lloyd, lloyd@lasp.colorado.edu=0D
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