yossarian19
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Grass Valley, CA
Well, it finally happened: I started getting noise from the front right U-joint. It's got play and it's got to get replaced. First time I'll have done the job, so...
It looks like removing the caliper, axle nut (centered in rotor), rotor & the 3 hub to knuckle bolts will let me pull the whole axle out. I then press the bearing caps apart in a vice and knock it off the shaft, throwing a new U joint in before re assembling.
The rig spent 13 years of its life in Utah. The axle is rusty.
What is likely to go wrong? Am I better off throwing a JY shaft in there and calling it a day? The new U-joint is 15 bucks but with my time involved I'm not sure it is worth messing with...
What say you, guys?
It looks like removing the caliper, axle nut (centered in rotor), rotor & the 3 hub to knuckle bolts will let me pull the whole axle out. I then press the bearing caps apart in a vice and knock it off the shaft, throwing a new U joint in before re assembling.
The rig spent 13 years of its life in Utah. The axle is rusty.
What is likely to go wrong? Am I better off throwing a JY shaft in there and calling it a day? The new U-joint is 15 bucks but with my time involved I'm not sure it is worth messing with...
What say you, guys?