transmission yoke removal

[ECU PIRATE]

A stupid question: What is the easiest way to remove the transmission yoke off of the drive shaft? Pirating one from my avaialble parts will save me the trouble of going to the junkyard or buying a new one...........

[Hottrucks]

run down to the parts store and use there U joint press... you can do it with a coulpe sockets and a BFH.... pull the C clips out of the ends....put a socket that rests on the edge of the yoke on the floor...set the u joint over it ..then get a smaller socket and from the top smack it down so the lower cap goes inside the socket...then flip it over and do it again..

it can be fustrating to do with out someone to show you but I have done q million of them....THE best way is with the U joint tool ...it looks like a big C clamp...and they usually lend them for free

[James McClure]

Please be aware some drive shafts are assembled to the yoke with an epoxy like compound. You can tell if this is the case by looking at the bosses the "U" joint caps are installed in. If you see a little "tit" sticking out, usually white in color and can't see a "C" clip inside on the cap, it's retained by this epoxy or plastic compound. It is necessary to heat the "U" joint mounting bosses until the compound forces itself out the little holes and while still hot removeing the caps with a press or across a vise with a BFH. When you have it seperated, let it cool and clean the holes in the yoke and shaft with sandpaper and the flat inside the drive shaft and on the yoke with a file, thats where the "C" clip on the new "U" will go. Use replacement "U" joints with greas fittings and grease it good after you put it in. jim

[LONGHAIR]

I have never heated one to get the plastic out, they just press apart.