holy seized up u-joint
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holy seized up u-joint
I need some help here...
My rear ujoint is shot, so I bought a new one and pulled the driveshaft. I've taken out the clips and pounded the piss out of the bearing cups but they won't budge. I've tried heating it up and quenching it with WD40 and Liquid Wrench, still no movement at all.
I just called a few shops around here and they all want an hour's labour at $80/hr to get it out for me. I don't have access to a big enough vise to use the vise-and-a-socket trick. My air compressor just popped a pinhole in the tank so a die grinder with a 7" cutoff wheel is out (unless I spend a bunch of money on tools.. hehehe)
Anybody have any ideas?
Driving around in FWD sucks..
Isaac
My rear ujoint is shot, so I bought a new one and pulled the driveshaft. I've taken out the clips and pounded the piss out of the bearing cups but they won't budge. I've tried heating it up and quenching it with WD40 and Liquid Wrench, still no movement at all.
I just called a few shops around here and they all want an hour's labour at $80/hr to get it out for me. I don't have access to a big enough vise to use the vise-and-a-socket trick. My air compressor just popped a pinhole in the tank so a die grinder with a 7" cutoff wheel is out (unless I spend a bunch of money on tools.. hehehe)
Anybody have any ideas?
Driving around in FWD sucks..
Isaac
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You could use a spike, poke through the outer cap on both sides, and then get everything except the caps out. Then you could go back with a chisel and a GIANT hammer to chip away at the caps. I've had to do this once and it is frustrating! But that's how I got it out
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it moved about 1/32, maybe 1/16. i need a bigger vise!
edit: all good suggestions, thanks guys. i'm using a pretty big hammer, i'm sort of afraid of bending or mangling the yoke. i can't get any real good bashes in cause the vise i have won't hold the oddly shaped yoke still, so i'm going to have to rig up something with some blocks of wood to hold it real tight. then we'll let the real fun begin!
edit: all good suggestions, thanks guys. i'm using a pretty big hammer, i'm sort of afraid of bending or mangling the yoke. i can't get any real good bashes in cause the vise i have won't hold the oddly shaped yoke still, so i'm going to have to rig up something with some blocks of wood to hold it real tight. then we'll let the real fun begin!
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i'd need three hands - one to hold the yoke, one to hold the punch, and one to swing the hammer. and there's no way i'm letting my girlfriend hold any of those things with one of us wildly swinging a maul.
once i get some of this pesky schoolwork done i'll elaborately string the driveshaft across several benches to support itself.
once i get some of this pesky schoolwork done i'll elaborately string the driveshaft across several benches to support itself.
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This is where redneck enginnering comes into play.
Support the other end of the driveshaft on block, a bucket or whatever is close to the height of the driveshaft off of the bench.
Support the other end of the driveshaft on block, a bucket or whatever is close to the height of the driveshaft off of the bench.
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i've never had a problem with my 'yota u-joints. i did a friend's full size dodge's u-joints though, and ended up having to cut them out with the oxy/set torch. that was fun...
for my yota, i use a 5lb hammer and a socket just smaller than the cap. pound it back and forth, spray with PB blast until one cap pops off. it's all downhill from there.
-shaeff
for my yota, i use a 5lb hammer and a socket just smaller than the cap. pound it back and forth, spray with PB blast until one cap pops off. it's all downhill from there.
-shaeff
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