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**mr48chev** · 04-23-2012, 11:24 AM

If you clamped the yoke in a vise when you changed the other side of the joint you may have squeezed the sides in a bit.

Two things a guy learns not to do with driveshafts is to clamp either the yoke or tube in a vise and squeeze down on them. The yokes squeeze in too easily and the tubes get dented too easily.

I don't really have a fix except to go back and check everything including taking a caliper to the cross and making sure that it is correct as far as the specs go.
I had to go back and read your original post and it appears that the cross is the same one that was in the yoke before.

04-23-2012, 11:24 AM	#5
mr48chev Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toppenish, WA Posts: 15,823	Re: U joint doesn't fit in the yoke anymore ... If you clamped the yoke in a vise when you changed the other side of the joint you may have squeezed the sides in a bit. Two things a guy learns not to do with driveshafts is to clamp either the yoke or tube in a vise and squeeze down on them. The yokes squeeze in too easily and the tubes get dented too easily. I don't really have a fix except to go back and check everything including taking a caliper to the cross and making sure that it is correct as far as the specs go. I had to go back and read your original post and it appears that the cross is the same one that was in the yoke before.