Also beware of a needle dropping in the cup as you put it on. Cracked a cup
that way once using the BFFI (Brute Force and F'ing Ignorance - pronounced
biffie) method of u-joint replacement.
Andy
On 05/26/98 03:32 PM toad@nlights.net said...
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>
>HM>I followed the part of the thread on the "clunk" when shifting. It
happens
>HM>that I have been experiencing the same thing when I shift. My Spit has
a
>HM>little over 60 k and it probably wouldn't hurt to replace the u-joints
even
>HM>it turns out that isn't the source of the "clunk". What I could use are
som
>HM>tips on how to replace the 3 u-joints on the Spit (79).
>
>The job is pretty straightforward...in theory. HOWEVER, and Joe can back
>me up on this, beware of ujoints that just don't quite fit in the
>housing. So far, I haven't found a brand of ujoint that really fits. As
>I recall, my rear passenger side ujoint has a circlip that won't go all
>the way in...the cup sticks out just a hair too much. I had this exact
>same problem with the previous rear axle that I scrapped out because I
>thought that the housing was too damaged to use. I think Joe actually
>ground off a little of one of the cups to make his fit.
>
>Has anyone else experienced this problem?
>
>Will
>76 spit on road
>76 spit off road
>78 Midget perpetually on hold.
>59 Humber; a brake hose and spark plug wire away from running (sort of).
>
>to: INT:HMENTZEN@aol.com
>cc: INT:triumphs@autox.team.net
>Delivered from Northern Lights BBS, Everett, WA.
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