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RE: More U-joint Frustration

To: Richard Gosling <richard.gosling@exprogroup.com>,
Subject: RE: More U-joint Frustration
From: Douglas Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 06:48:51 -0800
Whatever you do, make sure that you are applying force squarely along the axis 
of
the cups.  If you are pushing at an angle, the cups can get jammed at an angle, 
and gouge up
the sides of the holes.  This is especially true when pressing the new cups in!

Doug Braun
'72 Spit

At 08:48 AM 3/25/2003 +0000, Richard Gosling wrote:
>Joe,
>
>I agree with what has been suggested using a larger socket to receive a cup
>being pushed out, and a smaller socket to push on the opposite cup, but I
>have found that a large vice is both more effective and less violent than
>bashing away with a sledgehammer.

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