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Re: U-Joint Removal!?

To: duhart@symbol.com
Subject: Re: U-Joint Removal!?
From: Martin_A._Secrest@NEB.VOA.GOV
Date: 7 Apr 97 9:16:43
Cc: triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
Been there with my Spitfire.  Guess what?  Donıt ever want to return!

Youıre doing it right, actually.  Problem is, you shouldnıt have used the 
hammer, nor should you ever press directly on the yoke with the vice.  Reason 
is, the yoke can get out of true, and if this happens, even ever so slightly 
(you canıt SEE this problem), then your new u-j cups wonıt go all the way in, 
you wonıt be able to install your new circlips, and the new joints will have 
varying degrees of stiffness, depending on their Şun-trueness!Ş  

My answer?  Farm it out.  FARM IT OUT!!  Go to a drivetrain shop.  Yes, there 
are such things.  The place I found repaired the crappy job I did on both my 
prop shaft u-jıs, balanced the shaft and painted it for ... $50 bucks.  And 
they did it in one day.

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Martin Secrest
74 Spitfire 1500  

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