U joint replacement

If you have access to a vise, or better yet a hydraulic press, it makes the job go much easier. (That being said, I've done it as you describe, even with a big "C" clamp.)

As Bill said, be sure to mark the phasing properly so it goes back together correctly.

I've had much better luck with a big hammer... I tried a vise, useless. First you have to bang the cup *in*, in order to get some clearance to remove the inside C-clip. Then flip it, and bang on the *forged part only* of the *other* yoke in order to drive the cup downward and out (*never* bang on the tubular part). It helps to have a solid metal stand for this. I read my service manual, dutifully got out the requisite sockets, and wasted half an hour with a 6" vise until I remembered how you do U-joints in the real world. __ Steve .

There is a special tool, it looks like a C-clamp.

Meanwhile I just use a 3/4" socket and hammer. Steel hammer eh, not a hope of a rubber mallet breaking them loose.

Mike

86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

snipped-for-privacy@columbus.rr.com wrote:

Rubber mallet? I needed a BFH to get mine out. Mallets are for sissies.