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4x4Poet · 03-01-2006, 05:18 AM

Just take a flat-blade screwdriver and punch the c-clips off by alternating tapping each end until they pop off. They're not under much tension even when new. Once the c-clips are off, place a socket under one cap inside the ear's hole and hammer the yoke on the other side and watch the cap push thru. Best to do this over an anvil or vice. A vise or preferably a ball joint c-clamp press can be used to insert the new u-joints. A cap must be removed to get one u-joint pin past the inside of a yoke. Then outsize adapters (with a c-clamp press) or sockets (with a vice) are used to press 'em thru until the c-clip grooves are exposed inside both ears on the yoke.

03-01-2006, 05:18 AM	#3
4x4Poet Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: "Under Montana skies." Posts: 1,836	Just take a flat-blade screwdriver and punch the c-clips off by alternating tapping each end until they pop off. They're not under much tension even when new. Once the c-clips are off, place a socket under one cap inside the ear's hole and hammer the yoke on the other side and watch the cap push thru. Best to do this over an anvil or vice. A vise or preferably a ball joint c-clamp press can be used to insert the new u-joints. A cap must be removed to get one u-joint pin past the inside of a yoke. Then outsize adapters (with a c-clamp press) or sockets (with a vice) are used to press 'em thru until the c-clip grooves are exposed inside both ears on the yoke. __________________ '71 GMC K20 Suburban, '71 GMC K10 Suburban, '72 Chevy C10 CST Suburban, '72 Chevy K20 clunker pickup.