[Tigers] Steering U-Joints

[steve wick]

I've seen this happen for two reasons. One, is that the bearings are shot and
the cap has been beat up to the point that it's "swaged" in. Clean the outside
surface of any grease/grime/etc., and press it back the other way. Keep doing
this until they loosen enough that one falls out. The other reason is if
someone collapsed the ears of the yoke when they put the u-joint in, either
using a hammer instead of a press or pressing on the ear instead of the
bearing cap with the press when they seated it. Measure the ears to see if
they are parallel. If not, you'll have to spread them until they are and that
will give you the clearance you need.

Steve
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Joe Brown<mailto:jbbrown1980 at gmail.com>
  To: tigers at autox.team.net<mailto:tigers at autox.team.net>
  Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2010 5:24 PM
  Subject: [Tigers] Steering U-Joints


  Hey,



  I'm trying to replace the u-joints in my steering linkage and I'm having an
  "issue".  I removed the clips and pressed on the bearing cap on one side of
  a yoke until that yoke hit against the other yoke.  This results in a
  bearing cap being pushed out about half way on one side.  The shop manual
  makes it sound like the cap should pretty much fall out at this point and
  then you can press the other direction to get the other cap out.  I can't
  get the cap out.  I grabbed it with some channel locks but it doesn't move.
  Is there some trick to getting these caps out so I can remove the u-joint?



  Thanks,

  Joe Brown

  Arlington, TX

  B382000217
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