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Bo Strander
Guest
Hi Steve,
No big deal actually to remove and overhaul your u-joints (that is if yo?
have your axles out of the car on your working bench).
- First mark both forks with a punchmark or similar so you now how to put
them together again.
- Take away the circlips
- Use a socket that fitts inside where the circlips was placed, as large as
possible but well inside the "walls".
- With a hammer ( preferably a soft one that eliminates uneven strokes, and
hitting as perpendicular towards the bearing cage as possible) and some even
strokes on the top of the socket you should notice that the opposite bearing
cage is moving towards the flange (down towards the bench).
- When you have driven the lower bearing cage as far down as possible, you
invert the axel 180? and now by hitting the fork (not the bearing case!) you
drive the other bearing cage as far out as possible.
-You should now be able to manouvre out the u-joint from the bearing cages
and thereby separate the two axle -halves.
-You now have two bearing cages driven half way out of the fork. Use a soft
plier with soft grips or some soft cloth or plastic
in between the grips, and take out the bearing cages.
-Assembling is straightforward, no problems there: Take care when you drive
home the bearing cages that you drive them carefully, make sure not to tilt
them (if tilted they will jam). Also take care not to drive them home to
far, just enough to fit the snaprings.
When you put together the two axle-parts again make sure you follow the
markings you did at the start. Then you should have no problems with
misalignement and vibrations.
Hope you can understand my sw-english
and good luck with the work.
Honestly: If you have taken out the driveshafts from your car , you should
have no problems with this job.
Good luck
Bo the swede (painting my amphi next month)
-----Ursprungligt meddelande-----
Fr?n: Steven D. Reich [mailto:sdreich@pacbell.net]
Skickat: den 18 augusti 2003 03:08
Till: Amphicar-Lovers
?mne: [amphicar-lovers] Propeller Shaft U-Joints
Hi-
Apparently there is a U-joint repair kit for propeller shaft U-joints
which
at ~$54 is far cheaper than a shaft assembly (~$300). I have removed
retainer rings from the four u-joint ends at the prop side. Now what?
How
do I get it apart? There are no grease fittings, so how are you supposed
to
lubricate these joints?
-Steve
'64 red (AMPHICR) in the driveway in many, many pieces
'64 red (I SWIM 2) happy to be home safely from its trip to Celina
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No big deal actually to remove and overhaul your u-joints (that is if yo?
have your axles out of the car on your working bench).
- First mark both forks with a punchmark or similar so you now how to put
them together again.
- Take away the circlips
- Use a socket that fitts inside where the circlips was placed, as large as
possible but well inside the "walls".
- With a hammer ( preferably a soft one that eliminates uneven strokes, and
hitting as perpendicular towards the bearing cage as possible) and some even
strokes on the top of the socket you should notice that the opposite bearing
cage is moving towards the flange (down towards the bench).
- When you have driven the lower bearing cage as far down as possible, you
invert the axel 180? and now by hitting the fork (not the bearing case!) you
drive the other bearing cage as far out as possible.
-You should now be able to manouvre out the u-joint from the bearing cages
and thereby separate the two axle -halves.
-You now have two bearing cages driven half way out of the fork. Use a soft
plier with soft grips or some soft cloth or plastic
in between the grips, and take out the bearing cages.
-Assembling is straightforward, no problems there: Take care when you drive
home the bearing cages that you drive them carefully, make sure not to tilt
them (if tilted they will jam). Also take care not to drive them home to
far, just enough to fit the snaprings.
When you put together the two axle-parts again make sure you follow the
markings you did at the start. Then you should have no problems with
misalignement and vibrations.
Hope you can understand my sw-english

Honestly: If you have taken out the driveshafts from your car , you should
have no problems with this job.
Good luck
Bo the swede (painting my amphi next month)
-----Ursprungligt meddelande-----
Fr?n: Steven D. Reich [mailto:sdreich@pacbell.net]
Skickat: den 18 augusti 2003 03:08
Till: Amphicar-Lovers
?mne: [amphicar-lovers] Propeller Shaft U-Joints
Hi-
Apparently there is a U-joint repair kit for propeller shaft U-joints
which
at ~$54 is far cheaper than a shaft assembly (~$300). I have removed
retainer rings from the four u-joint ends at the prop side. Now what?
How
do I get it apart? There are no grease fittings, so how are you supposed
to
lubricate these joints?
-Steve
'64 red (AMPHICR) in the driveway in many, many pieces
'64 red (I SWIM 2) happy to be home safely from its trip to Celina
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