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Man Ovrarok I just read that. That would work for me....just mod the one I've got. I'm a little skeptical in my ability to get the joints out without loosing all the roller bearings. Were you successful in reusing the old joints or did you put in new? I've done several ujoints but never tried to salvage an old one, seems tough. I don't have a vise either....working in the basement parking garage of an apartment building is always fun. I've done rear shafts without a vise, but this front short guy will definitely be flopping around being shorter and lighter than the long rear shaft. ......I need to find a buddy with a shop that I can invade from time to time around here.
I was able to use existing u joints. maybe you need to hit up that big flea market next to the coliseum in Oakland, find a nice used vice
I work by the airport so that's right across the street......problem is I got nowhere to mount it. No bench to work on. I just ordered an electric die grinder to do this. Worst comes to worst, I f-up the u-joints, add the clearance, and then have to go by new u-joints. Getting new ones in with only c-clamps and sockets is OK.....as for getting them out in decent shape....I'm not so sure of.OK here's a question as opposed to my jibber-jabber.....So you get the clips out and move the cap out as far as you can....dude in the link put washers on cap circumference (inside the yoke hole) and knocked it the rest of the way out. Doesn't this ruin the grease seal on the u-joint cap? Shouldn't you try and use pliers, vise grips to twist and pull it out the rest of the way? Maybe I need one in front of me to see.
I used to work at that big brick building at the corner of 23rd and e 7th, it used to be the sf chronicle, Oakland hub. pretty close to the park street bridge going into alameda
when I did this mod, my vice was on the garage floor, it was a few years ago, I just followed the direction in that link, just remember to get all needle bearing out of cap before installing washers, I didn't hurt the rubber seal at all.
i may have a square front d shaft if you really want one...i think after i link i can run a stock one..
I have no failures using Precision.
http://www.lowrangeoffroad.com/toyota-matsuba-matsui-u-joints-universal-joint.html
For example, saving $50 might seem like a great deal, you might quickly hand someone $50 or more if you could magically fix a trail break.
My front drive shaft is, trailer hitch receiver, and trailer hitch 4 point tube
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