any advice on installing new ujoints?

[jackag91]

before I did this tonight, I thought I would ask if anyone has any advice they want to pass along?

 

[PeterK]

Add a smear of extra grease inside the caps to hold in the needle bearings and double and triple check that none of the needle bearings fall over into the cup before pressing them back into the yoke.

Search this forum for more advice. It's a common topic.

 

[Tinster]

A lesson hard learned:

Take the end caps off and remove all the
needle bearings. One cap at a time.
The bearings are all sitting in temporary
shipment grease. Clean the needle bearings
and reinstall into the end caps with quality
grease. Examine each end cap very closely as
you place it onto the spindle for pressing on.

The needle bearings easily pop out and you could
end up having to grind off the end caps because of
a slipped needle bearing.

 

[jackag91]

what would qualify as a quality grease?

 

[Brosky]

Wheel bearing grease, NOT white lithium grease. And just a small amount smeared around to hold bearings in place. And leave the zerk fittings out to prevent hydrostatic pressure breakage. (grease pressure relief hole)

 

[PeterK]

Never heard of temporary shipment grease in a u-joint - don't know where that came from? I would advise not to remove or clean, they should be fine as shipped. Just add a little extra (wheel bearing grease) to ensure that they stay put during assembly and you'll be fine.

 

[jackag91]

Wheel bearing grease, NOT white lithium grease. And just a small amount smeared around to hold bearings in place. And leave the zerk fittings out to prevent hydrostatic pressure breakage. (grease pressure relief hole)

Thanks, that is what I was wondering...and I guess I will unscrew the zerk fittings.