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Re: spitfire u-joints

To: "Bradley D. Richardson" <brichard@us.oracle.com>
Subject: Re: spitfire u-joints
From: "Victor B. Michael" <vmichael@enteract.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 15:25:51 -0500
It took ME 4 hours and I had never done it before.
My guess is half the time is sufficient.

"Bradley D. Richardson" wrote:
> 
> I need to replace the drive shaft u-joints on my 79 spitfire.  Out of
> curiosity, I called two local repair places, and both of them tell me
> it's about a 4 hour job.
> 
> What am I missing here?  I've done u-joints before, but not on a
> spitfire.  Seems to me you take off a few bolts on each end of the drive
> shaft, remove it, replace the u-joints, put it back on.  Why are the
> 'pros' telling me 4 hours.  It make me think there is something much
> more going on here.
> 
> Brad Richardson
> Portland, Oregon

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