Come on you Damn thing!!!!!!

[BenBaron]

ok I give up AGAIN!!!!

soddin universal joints, HOW do you get them out?
Im trying to remove the joints from my rear wish bones but am struggling to get them out!
I've removed the clips (they are a pain as well) but after that Ive hammered to no avail..
ANy tips

Cheers
Ben :7

[wilf]

Pay Ward Engineering to refurb your rear end!!


Wilf

[kev]

Once you've got the circlips out, thoroughly clean and remove any marks or ridges on the inner edge of the hole where the bearing cups have to come out. They are a very tight fit and the bore needs to be clean to allow the cups to come out. Two ways to try, first heat heat and then more heat, i'm told this works but it didn't for me :'( I had to use a drift and a hammer to hit on the bearing cup to drive it further into the UJ, at its limit the opposite bearing cup is proud and allows you to get a purchase with a vice and work it out carefully. You then knock the whole thing back through as far as you can again and this time the other bearing cap is then proud. repeat for the other two and the the yoke will withdraw.

DO NOT hit the housing of the bearing cup with anything, or mark the inside of this area, as even a small knick will cause the cup to jam and then it's a first class b****rd, instead of just a strightforward second class b***rd of a job x( x(

When you reassemble (confidence hey) put loads of grease into the bearing cap to keep the needle rollers in place, and make sure the bearing caps go in straight and parallel, otherwise you can run into problems again.

good luck

Kev

[maxGD059]

I reckon Anusol's wonderful for troublesome rear ends!!

Cheers

Richard
(It'll only be a 5 minute job)

[dave]

Idleness is no good at all, unless it's well kept up.

[russell_ram]

Like Kev says except without the heat please.

Russ

[choogh]

But...
be prepared to wait a l..o..n..g.. time.
Charlie
:7 :7

[kev]

I like it a lot, how do you practice idleness when you're building a Cobra?

yours with a first class honours degree in idleness
Kev

[TonyD]

I used a vey large workbench vice ( it must have been at least 50 years old and weighed more than the jag diff) and a couple of sockets...one to push the bearing cups out and a larger one to act as a spacer for the bearing cup on the opposite end of the joint to push into, out of the yoke.

You need three arms and hands but once you perfect the method it only takes 5 to ten minutes each bearing....

Replacement uses the same method in reverse.

DO NOT drop the driveshaft on your foot however as this really hurts !!

Cheers,

Tony:7

[TonyD]

OOps forgot to mention no need for heat, and read 5 to ten minutes for each UJ , not individual bearing.

The first is the worst after that its easy !!

Cheers,

Tony
:7