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By: Wandering through universal joint land | MrBlog

Wandering through universal joint land | MrBlog — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:46:54 +0000

[...] for a replacement Universal Joint for the one rear axle, I have discovered that they have their own parallel [...]

By: mrb

mrb — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:03:23 +0000

Perhaps mine are more tight due to the galvanising? They are not that tight, but the press helps to put them in straight and more easy than hammering away. I actually have a haynes manual, did i overlook the page you mention?

By: Simon

Simon — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:39:58 +0000

Hi Marcel,

The UJ caps are not as tight a fit as you might think – if you no not press exactly concentric then they can easilly jam. It is easy enough to tap them in with a bearing drift and a hammer. Also you don’t want to drive them too far as this will make the UJ stiff. When you have got them all in and fitted the clips you will need to knock the caps back against the clips to free up the UJ. There is some info on how to do this in the Haynes Manual – if you havn’t got a manual I can scan the page for you.

Cheers,

Simon.