What's your G clamp arrangement? Have you got the right sized pushing socket on one side and a big enough receiving socket on the other? If either is a fraction out, you'll not shift it by hand and cause damage with a big vice.
have you got a copper or soft face hammer,if you have rest the the shaft yokes on in an open vice then hit flange down to push one cup semi out ,spin over then the other,you can then rest the uj spider across the jaws an hit shaft do do the same
he said he hadnt a vice that opened far enough for socket method most vices should be suitable for the method i gave it doesnt have to be a vice either
AG talk any night of the week, surely!
I've bent the toggle on G clamps doing that with a ring spanner. Don't know my own strength
perhaps but my way works for stubborn joints
I agree.
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nothing wrong with enjoying yourselfI agree.
Cheers for the 'like', James. I do apologise for the flange quip. Unlike me, it's the drink talking
(Got the rest of the bottle to finish and so it's still going to seem funny to me for a while
I had the same thing on my series recently, they were probably the originals. You can hammer the old ones out without using a clamp or a vice but it is stuck then you need a sacrificial socket to use as a drift as it will be wrecked when you finish. Soaking in a penetrating fluid or diesel overnight will help but may not solve the issue, it didn't for me. The method I used was to put the yoke flat on an anvil (any hard flat surface will work), but a socket that fits inside the yoke on the other side, and repeatedly hit it with a 4lb lump hammer. Eventually the bottom cup moved to become flush with the edge of the yoke. The amount of effort it was to get it to this point I then decided to cut the UJ out to make things easier. Thin angle grinder blade, carefully cut through the centre of the UJ. You may need to do several cut before you can separate the two pieces of prop shaft. Once separate you can remove the UJ pieces just leaving behind the cup. I then went back to the anvil and lump hammer to hammer each cup out through the centre.
depends how tight,you can spread the yokes with a decent sized hammer and punch,feel the end of th bearing caps if one feels bulged youve disturbed a roller and it wont last long at all
If it is a very cheap grease gun the nozzle can be a very very tight fit over the grease nipple and needs a lot of force to clip into place and even more force to then remove it.
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