On Fri, 22 Feb 2008, Ed Bratt wrote:
> John:
[stuff deleted]
> Heating it may have been a bad thing to do. Heat can bake the grease into
> hard stuff.
Heat can also change the "temper" of the metal which is really bad for
forged parts (like your axle yokes).
I can always tell if a yoke has beed heated (either with a torch or from
the Ujoint running dry) at they seem to crack or chunk.
rml
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