Hi Keith,
Just did this on mine and here is what I did. Get a wide chisel (not a
wood chisel with a sharp blade but one of those chisels that look like a
flat wide punch). With this you can drive out the caps by placing the
chisel on the spider of the u-joint at the center of the cross and
tapping on the chisel with a hammer. Do this on both sides of each
spider. Eventually you will see the cap sliding out. Once you have one
cap out, you can just tap on the end of the spider which is exposed to
get the opposite cap out. Then just do this for the other two caps.
I am not sure if this description is clear enough (it may seem clear to
me because I did it recently) but if not, feel free to ask for more
specifics.
Peter Zaborski
76 TR6 (CF58310 UO)
Calgary AB Canada
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Keith Taylor [SMTP:taylor@hpcvlx.cv.hp.com]
> Sent: Saturday, January 10, 1998 5:43 PM
> To: triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Dismantling U-Joints
>
> Since I've got the diff out, I thought I'd do the u-joints as advised
> by this list. I've got the snap rings out, but I can't figure out how
> to get the bearing caps out. I tap tap tap on the yoke with my mallet,
> but the caps don't budge. Any suggestions from the list?
>
> Thanks,
> Keith M. Taylor
> 1975 TR6
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