U-Joint Dissassembly????? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

**1971Stepside** · 09-30-2002, 11:13 AM

I have a one piece drive shaft in my short bed. Where the yoke comes out of the TH400 there is a u-joint that connects to the drive shaft. My question is I have never seen a u-joint like this one. It does not have clips and I don't have a clue how to take it apart. It appears to have little plastic tips or nipples coming out of each side of the caps, but I don't know if they have to be drilled out or what. I wish I had a picture.

Can anyone help me out with this. It all goes to the powder coater at lunch time.

JimKshortstep4x4 · 09-30-2002, 11:30 AM

The ones that I am familiar with have inside clips as well as the plastic and you have to remove the clips and heat the plastic to get them apart. make sure that the trunion is clean because it is really hard to see the inside clips. The clips pop off with a screw driver.

Jim

09-30-2002, 11:13 AM	#1
1971Stepside Almost Satisfied Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Springfield, MO Posts: 2,932	U-Joint Dissassembly????? I have a one piece drive shaft in my short bed. Where the yoke comes out of the TH400 there is a u-joint that connects to the drive shaft. My question is I have never seen a u-joint like this one. It does not have clips and I don't have a clue how to take it apart. It appears to have little plastic tips or nipples coming out of each side of the caps, but I don't know if they have to be drilled out or what. I wish I had a picture. Can anyone help me out with this. It all goes to the powder coater at lunch time. __________________ 1971 C10 Stepside. LSx 6.0 with BTR Stage IV, Speed Engineering Headers, 4L80e transmission w/3200 Circle-D Stall. 3.73. Posi. Purchased this truck when I was 17. I started the rebuild (or take apart) in 1993. I have drug it around all over the country in pieces. Finally back on the road in 2021. "I can't complain, but sometimes I still do. Life's been good to me so far."

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09-30-2002, 11:30 AM	#2
JimKshortstep4x4 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Muskegon,MI,USA Posts: 6,026	The ones that I am familiar with have inside clips as well as the plastic and you have to remove the clips and heat the plastic to get them apart. make sure that the trunion is clean because it is really hard to see the inside clips. The clips pop off with a screw driver. Jim



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