pshepard327ci Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 hey guys, quick question. Last night i was attempting to replace a bad ujoint on passenger side halfshaft, the one thats right next to wheel. we took the whole half shaft off and had zero lucky finding a way to get ujoint out, do i need to take it to a shop to get it pressed out or is there something i do not know. i think they are original u-joints, the replacement one i purchased from orielly auto. any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pshepard327ci Posted February 11, 2004 Author Share Posted February 11, 2004 whew... sorry for the dumb post.. it just took some massive amount of english Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
80LS1T Posted February 12, 2004 Share Posted February 12, 2004 Well I will try to put this into words.... What you need to do is take any clips out that might be over the caps of the U-joints. Then you set the u-joint over a channel. Then pound on the part where the ujoint goes in, not the shaft and not directly over the hole where the cap is. You will probably have a really hard time getting those caps loose if those are indeed the original u-joints. Once you get one cap loose turn it over and repeat. It is much easier if you have u-joint press when the u-joints are really old and rusted in. Here's a pic I drew to kind of help...... Hope this helps a little bit? Guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomaZ Posted February 12, 2004 Share Posted February 12, 2004 80LT1 has some really good advice there. I replaced my U-joints in both rear driveshafts last week but I needed to take them to a workshop with a hydraulic press to get them out. Good Luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
preith Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=38335 Just got it a few nights ago...works good. No press required! Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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