Avoiding damage to the yoke is the reason the hammer method is the preferred
technique.
Pressing a stubborn hardy-spicer out with a vice, or drifting it out using a
socket, can put damaging stress on the arms of the yoke.
Brian
> Message: 4
> Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 05:38:47 -0500
> From: "Nolan"
> Subject: Re: [TR] U-Joint Removal
> Huh, I watched him do it with almost dainty raps with a small hammer.
>
> BFH's and presses do have the nasty habit of bending things. Many a part
> gets accidentally mangled beyond use by a press.
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