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[TR] U-joint? Really??

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Subject: [TR] U-joint? Really??
From: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:37:11 -0400
I read all of your insightful email about u-joit replacement.  I even 
watched that video of the guy trying to replace a u-joint in 5 
minutes.  Then I tried to do it the same way.  Of course it took 
about 55 minutes to pull the axle from the car.  A thunderstorm 
threatened as I moved into the garage.  It took just a few minutes to 
remove the C-clips, though two of them broke in the process because 
they were so stuck to the flanges.  Then after about an hour, no, 
make that two hours of banging on the arm of a big bench vice I 
managed to get both sets of bearings to move.  Neither would come out 
fully however.  One direction has moved sufficiently that there is 
daylight between the flange and the bearing, but I couldn't get 
either side all the way out.  The other direction is still stuck, 
partly out toward one side.  What a mess.  I worry that they'll never 
come out now.  Guess I'll take it over to the shop around the corner 
like I shoulda' done in the first place.

What a mess.

Jim Muller
jimmuller@rcn.com
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