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02-25-2011 01:43 AM #1
u-joints
I'm installing u-joints in an 87 g-body. Had to heat them to get them out which is normal from what I'm reading.New ones are the same size as the old ones but after they are installed there is no room for the clips.Do I have the wrong ones or what? Thanks
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02-25-2011 04:18 AM #2
take them back apart and make sure one of the roller needles did`nt fall into the end cap .. happens to me a lot ..iv`e used up all my sick days at work .. can i call in dead ?
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02-25-2011 06:37 AM #3
I hope you didn't beat them into place as you may have damaged a needle bearing. I finally bought a ball joint press with u-joint adapters just for better controlDave W
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02-25-2011 06:51 AM #4
Roger
Enjoy the little things in life, and you may look back one day and realize that they were really the BIG things.
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02-25-2011 06:54 AM #5
Beating too hard????
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02-25-2011 07:00 AM #6
You can crack a cap too. Did you save the old one to make sure they are the same size?
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02-25-2011 07:18 AM #7
Beating will destroy the drive shaft yokes----will knock them out of alignment
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02-25-2011 07:27 AM #8
Dave W
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02-25-2011 08:29 AM #9
Yep---always used 2 sockets, one that fit thru and one that fit over(wasn't that the reason they developed deep sockets???
Before we had a vise---used the draw bar hitch on the tractor for anything that needed pounding on---sometimes if you didn't need a hole, a short piece of railroad rail(they were always a valued highly prized possession as they couldn't be boughten or sold)
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02-25-2011 03:02 PM #10
Thanks guys for your input. All of you were totally right.My problem was (being not having done this before) I had room for one clip just not the other.All it needed was a couple more hits with a bigger FH!! Thanks again.
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02-25-2011 03:25 PM #11
For the future, if you don't have the press Dave mentioned a good bench vice and a socket that just fits into the hole in the yoke presses that cup in place without the risk of tweaking the yoke. They're stout, but like Jerry says,
Originally Posted by Jerry Clayton
Originally Posted by Jerry ClaytonLast edited by rspears; 02-26-2011 at 05:17 AM.
Roger
Enjoy the little things in life, and you may look back one day and realize that they were really the BIG things.
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02-25-2011 03:43 PM #12
....and speaking about u-joints, the snow blower drive shaft on my tractor just blew the caps off one cross shaft. It still works, but is slowly beating itself to death in the yokes. Just hope I can find one tomorrow - it's only Feb and the foot of heavy snow we got today may just be the beginningThink the Blizzard of March 11, 1888. It also blew a shear pin errrr 5/16 bolt which was the hidden one of the twoDave W
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02-26-2011 05:07 AM #13
I'm hoping you weren't around in 1888.
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02-26-2011 07:38 AM #14
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02-26-2011 07:51 AM #15
Heck good livin', good women, good likker, fast cars - and you too can be ancient and almost as old as dirt
What was bad 'way back then' when it snowed was the snow blower that took a couple hours to build up a good head of steam once you got the coal fire started and the water boilingDave W
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