[6pack] U-joint removal, last trick in my book

[Robert Lang]

On Fri, 22 Feb 2008, Ed Bratt wrote:

> John:

[stuff deleted]

> Heating it may have been a bad thing to do.   Heat can bake the grease into
> hard stuff.

Heat can also change the "temper" of the metal which is really bad for 
forged parts (like your axle yokes).

I can always tell if a yoke has beed heated (either with a torch or from 
the Ujoint running dry) at they seem to crack or chunk.

rml
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