[Healeys] UJs

[Mirek Sharp]

I do much the same as Mike, but get sacrificial socket that just fits into the yoke and which will bear on the circlip, and give it a sharp whack with a hammer. I nicely loosens the circlip and makes them easier to extract.

 

From: Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Michael Salter
Sent: January-21-19 7:29 AM
To: simon.lachlan at alexarevel.plus.com
Cc: Healeys
Subject: Re: [Healeys] UJs

 

One trick that makes the UJ circlips easy to remove is to use a large flat end punch to drive each cup inward before starting. 

They usually come easily after that.

 

M

 

On Mon, Jan 21, 2019, 4:47 AM <simon.lachlan at alexarevel.plus.com wrote:

Just done the UJs on my 3000. Mostly straightforward. But, and it just an observation:-

1.	Of the two UJs, one had a grease nipple and the other was a pre-greased, sealed, unit. It was dried up and not in good shape. The other one, into which I had pumped grease at regular intervals, seemed 100% OK.
2.	Of the two UJs, one had very beefy circlips of the type that one removes with circlip pliers. Despite my having the correct circlip tool those circlips were an absolute nightmare to extract. The others, per the manual, extracted with a screwdriver, were a doddle. 10 seconds each by the time I’d worked it out.

I suppose that I’m suggesting UJs with nipples and decent circlips.

 

I marked my propshaft so as to be sure to line  up the two halves properly when I reassembled. When I cleaned it up, I noticed that the arrows were almost 180° out of alignment. God knows why. I took it off years ago but didn’t disassemble it that time. I’ve lined up the arrows and will see what goes on when the car’s back on the road. 

Simon

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