Jim,
This is the way I do it and it goes rather well and rather quickly. First I
give a soaking of PB Blaster to minimize the pounding as much as possible.
I put a large (1 1/16) socket on the floor to drive the cap into and use a
smaller (3/4 ?) socket to drive the opposing cap toward the socket on the
floor. Once it goes all the way so it can't go forward any more, I flip it
over
and put a cold chisel in the cross of the spider and drive it the other way.
I flip it back over again and put a 1/8 drift past the end of the spider into
the cap and drive the cap out. Do it again on the other one and the whole
thing just falls apart.
After vices and presses and cursing I found this to be the best for me and I
can change a U Joint in about 6 minutes.
When you reassemble do not just go and drive everything home. Use the
suggested grease methods for holding in the rollers, but as you start to seat
the
caps, take a break and check the joint for free play. Only seat the caps
enough to get the rings in, no more. If when you are done the joint is stiff,
you have driven it too much together and should loosen it. I have found the
holding in the hand and tapping on the yoke technique will free it up.
David Lylis
69 TR6 CC26160L
60 TR3A TS74461LO
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