Empowering Patients Understanding Universal Joint Replacement

It's not a hard job -- I replaced them on my '92 F-150 a while back -- but thought I'd ask for tips and cautions that might not be referenced in the manual ... Hello again, Part and labor is about $190 plus tax at our shop in California. Bob. Customer. in the process of replacing old and worn parts we decided to replace the U-joints as well, now heres the question. ive been trying to remove ... You have to heat the yoke and melt the plastic/nylon out. Then change the joint as normal. When you install the joint you will need to use the supplied clips. The u-joints on the cars are considered non-replaceable. if you look closely they are prick punched in and not held in with snap rings. i have ... The u-joint should move freely after installed. If it is tough to move by hand, you will get premature wear in the joint. It is good to measure ... Just take off the U-joint using a 7/16 wrench. Slide the drive shaft out off tranny. Remove retainer clips with flat screw driver. Set the drive shaft on the ... There are two sections to the shaft, with a support in the middle, but only one section, by the tranny has the traditional U Joint. There is ... That indicates worn bores or (less likely) mis sized U-joint caps. If caps slide in by hand, you should think about replacing that driveshaft ... The U-joint is staked in and appears to have a cap diameter of 26mm or 1.024”x 80mm or 3.088” (ish). Anyone have actual dimensions? Or has anyone replaced one?