*How to for a U Joint.....*
 

Hi, changing a front end u joint the right side. 1st time doing this. Before
i go ahead start this weekend thought I would ask if anyone has a good "How
to" step by step web page or anything else? So I might make quicker,safer
work of this task. Although I have help, I have been told if I do this wrong
the results could be disastrous. :-|

Any advice would be welcome and appreciated......

-Brian
91 YJ 4.0

o_o_o_o
/| ,[_____],
|¯¯¯L --O|||||||O-
()_)¯()_) ¯¯¯ )_)

Re: *How to for a U Joint.....*
 

Bill H will likely chime in with a web site that is pretty through on
how to do it. Only problem is that he lives in the southwest where ice,
snow, RAIN, and 10,000 salt trucks don't darken his doorstep. If you
live north, the hub will be a real stinker to get loose from the
steering knuckle.

Lot of choices in how to get it out, mine is to jack the front end up
HIGH, (use 6 ton jack stands to get it up high enough), use a BFH from
directly undneath. YMMV

Brian wrote:
> Hi, changing a front end u joint the right side. 1st time doing this. Before
> i go ahead start this weekend thought I would ask if anyone has a good "How
> to" step by step web page or anything else? So I might make quicker,safer
> work of this task. Although I have help, I have been told if I do this wrong
> the results could be disastrous. :-|
>
> Any advice would be welcome and appreciated......
>
> -Brian
> 91 YJ 4.0
>
> o_o_o_o
> /| ,[_____],
> |¯¯¯L --O|||||||O-
> ()_)¯()_) ¯¯¯ )_)
>
>
>

Re: *How to for a U Joint.....*
 

Bill H will likely chime in with a web site that is pretty through on
how to do it. Only problem is that he lives in the southwest where ice,
snow, RAIN, and 10,000 salt trucks don't darken his doorstep. If you
live north, the hub will be a real stinker to get loose from the
steering knuckle.

Lot of choices in how to get it out, mine is to jack the front end up
HIGH, (use 6 ton jack stands to get it up high enough), use a BFH from
directly undneath. YMMV

Brian wrote:
> Hi, changing a front end u joint the right side. 1st time doing this. Before
> i go ahead start this weekend thought I would ask if anyone has a good "How
> to" step by step web page or anything else? So I might make quicker,safer
> work of this task. Although I have help, I have been told if I do this wrong
> the results could be disastrous. :-|
>
> Any advice would be welcome and appreciated......
>
> -Brian
> 91 YJ 4.0
>
> o_o_o_o
> /| ,[_____],
> |¯¯¯L --O|||||||O-
> ()_)¯()_) ¯¯¯ )_)
>
>
>

Re: *How to for a U Joint.....*
 

Bill H will likely chime in with a web site that is pretty through on
how to do it. Only problem is that he lives in the southwest where ice,
snow, RAIN, and 10,000 salt trucks don't darken his doorstep. If you
live north, the hub will be a real stinker to get loose from the
steering knuckle.

Lot of choices in how to get it out, mine is to jack the front end up
HIGH, (use 6 ton jack stands to get it up high enough), use a BFH from
directly undneath. YMMV

Brian wrote:
> Hi, changing a front end u joint the right side. 1st time doing this. Before
> i go ahead start this weekend thought I would ask if anyone has a good "How
> to" step by step web page or anything else? So I might make quicker,safer
> work of this task. Although I have help, I have been told if I do this wrong
> the results could be disastrous. :-|
>
> Any advice would be welcome and appreciated......
>
> -Brian
> 91 YJ 4.0
>
> o_o_o_o
> /| ,[_____],
> |¯¯¯L --O|||||||O-
> ()_)¯()_) ¯¯¯ )_)
>
>
>

Re: *How to for a U Joint.....*
 

Bill H will likely chime in with a web site that is pretty through on
how to do it. Only problem is that he lives in the southwest where ice,
snow, RAIN, and 10,000 salt trucks don't darken his doorstep. If you
live north, the hub will be a real stinker to get loose from the
steering knuckle.

Lot of choices in how to get it out, mine is to jack the front end up
HIGH, (use 6 ton jack stands to get it up high enough), use a BFH from
directly undneath. YMMV

Brian wrote:
> Hi, changing a front end u joint the right side. 1st time doing this. Before
> i go ahead start this weekend thought I would ask if anyone has a good "How
> to" step by step web page or anything else? So I might make quicker,safer
> work of this task. Although I have help, I have been told if I do this wrong
> the results could be disastrous. :-|
>
> Any advice would be welcome and appreciated......
>
> -Brian
> 91 YJ 4.0
>
> o_o_o_o
> /| ,[_____],
> |¯¯¯L --O|||||||O-
> ()_)¯()_) ¯¯¯ )_)
>
>
>

Re: *How to for a U Joint.....*
 

Hi Brian,
Usually you'll find the hub a little rusted in, use penetrating
fluid, some like to leave one the bolts in, just back it off enough to
persuade it with a BMFH. I use a paint scraper and drive it in-between
the knuckle and hub:
http://www.madxj.com/MADXJ/technical...97andSeals.htm
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Brian wrote:
>
> Hi, changing a front end u joint the right side. 1st time doing this. Before
> i go ahead start this weekend thought I would ask if anyone has a good "How
> to" step by step web page or anything else? So I might make quicker,safer
> work of this task. Although I have help, I have been told if I do this wrong
> the results could be disastrous. :-|
>
> Any advice would be welcome and appreciated......
>
> -Brian
> 91 YJ 4.0
>
> o_o_o_o
> /| ,[_____],
> |¯¯¯L --O|||||||O-
> ()_)¯()_) ¯¯¯ )_)
>

Re: *How to for a U Joint.....*
 

Hi Brian,
Usually you'll find the hub a little rusted in, use penetrating
fluid, some like to leave one the bolts in, just back it off enough to
persuade it with a BMFH. I use a paint scraper and drive it in-between
the knuckle and hub:
http://www.madxj.com/MADXJ/technical...97andSeals.htm
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Brian wrote:
>
> Hi, changing a front end u joint the right side. 1st time doing this. Before
> i go ahead start this weekend thought I would ask if anyone has a good "How
> to" step by step web page or anything else? So I might make quicker,safer
> work of this task. Although I have help, I have been told if I do this wrong
> the results could be disastrous. :-|
>
> Any advice would be welcome and appreciated......
>
> -Brian
> 91 YJ 4.0
>
> o_o_o_o
> /| ,[_____],
> |¯¯¯L --O|||||||O-
> ()_)¯()_) ¯¯¯ )_)
>

Re: *How to for a U Joint.....*
 

Hi Brian,
Usually you'll find the hub a little rusted in, use penetrating
fluid, some like to leave one the bolts in, just back it off enough to
persuade it with a BMFH. I use a paint scraper and drive it in-between
the knuckle and hub:
http://www.madxj.com/MADXJ/technical...97andSeals.htm
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Brian wrote:
>
> Hi, changing a front end u joint the right side. 1st time doing this. Before
> i go ahead start this weekend thought I would ask if anyone has a good "How
> to" step by step web page or anything else? So I might make quicker,safer
> work of this task. Although I have help, I have been told if I do this wrong
> the results could be disastrous. :-|
>
> Any advice would be welcome and appreciated......
>
> -Brian
> 91 YJ 4.0
>
> o_o_o_o
> /| ,[_____],
> |¯¯¯L --O|||||||O-
> ()_)¯()_) ¯¯¯ )_)
>

Re: *How to for a U Joint.....*
 

Hi Brian,
Usually you'll find the hub a little rusted in, use penetrating
fluid, some like to leave one the bolts in, just back it off enough to
persuade it with a BMFH. I use a paint scraper and drive it in-between
the knuckle and hub:
http://www.madxj.com/MADXJ/technical...97andSeals.htm
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Brian wrote:
>
> Hi, changing a front end u joint the right side. 1st time doing this. Before
> i go ahead start this weekend thought I would ask if anyone has a good "How
> to" step by step web page or anything else? So I might make quicker,safer
> work of this task. Although I have help, I have been told if I do this wrong
> the results could be disastrous. :-|
>
> Any advice would be welcome and appreciated......
>
> -Brian
> 91 YJ 4.0
>
> o_o_o_o
> /| ,[_____],
> |¯¯¯L --O|||||||O-
> ()_)¯()_) ¯¯¯ )_)
>

Re: *How to for a U Joint.....*
 

I JUST did this, had a "took took" sound.

rent a slide hammer, It was a lot of grunting to get the hub out.....


"Brian" <urk500@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Hi, changing a front end u joint the right side. 1st time doing this.
> Before i go ahead start this weekend thought I would ask if anyone has a
> good "How to" step by step web page or anything else? So I might make
> quicker,safer work of this task. Although I have help, I have been told if
> I do this wrong the results could be disastrous. :-|
>
> Any advice would be welcome and appreciated......
>
> -Brian
> 91 YJ 4.0
>
> o_o_o_o
> /| ,[_____],
> |¯¯¯L --O|||||||O-
> ()_)¯()_) ¯¯¯ )_)
>
>
>