How do you remove, change U joint's? Is there anything special for our car when you do it?

 

I was able to complete this task solo with my shop press.

If your using a vice than I would recommand a friend to help.

I used a big socket, and a small one to push the U-Joint out. (Use your imagination on that one)

If it's still the original stock U-joint, then you'll need to apply a few more pounds of force to pop it out, cause theres a plasic retainer that's molded inside the driveshaft groove at the factory. You'll want to completly remove all the pieces of the retainer once the U-Joint is out.
Press the new one in is cake. The aftermarket one's are held in by C-type clips.

Good Luck, and don't freak out when that plastic retainer lets go. It spooked the **** out of me for the first time

Ron

 

.....Hmmmm, I am not sure I get it......

 

Best thing to do might be to take it to a parts store, and watch them do it... then you'll know how to next time (and I guarantee there'll be a next time)... it's quite simple once you "get it", and quite dangerous to yourself and the parts and tools if you don't.

 

I think a trannie shop might be able to slap both in for $20 bucks or so.

A shop press is realy the only way, but I have done it on a vice which is a pain.

If you don't line the sockets up right you might bend the crap out of the end of the drive shaft, making the new ones imposible to install the C-Clips. So take care if you deside to tackle it yourself.

-and don't forget to give it a good shot of lithium grease (water proff) in the zerk fittings before you install.

Ron

 

I just got done doing mine on my 86 i was unsure how to do it until a friend of mine told me about the nylon that holds it in there instead of the c-clips. take a blow torch n heat it up the nylon will melt and run right out. Makes things a little easier instead of beating the daylights out of the drive shaft.

 

The press takes little or no force, but the vice on the other hand - you'll need a pipe to give you leverage.

Ron