Need New C-Joint, Or Did He Say U-Joint

[texasz]

Originally posted by 1975yellowBSPZ

Hey TexasZ, we always seem to meet like this...

Have you had the chance to replace your u-joints? I am suspecting I may need to do the same and want to know how it went....

Ok, I got it done!! Over all it was quite easy...but I'll explain more here.

1) Place wheel chocks at fron wheels, jack the rear of the car up and rest on jack stands.

2) Pull rear tire and get a trouble light (makes it MUCH easier to see).

3) There are four muts/bolts behind the wheel that hold the half shaft to the wheel and four nuts/studs at the other end that hold the half shaft to the diff, you must undo all of these.

4) Remove the four bolts from the wheel end and move the half shaft so that you can then pull it straight out away from the diff and off the four studs on the diff mounting flang. I had a hard time with this and used a pry bar and hammer to break it loose then it just pulled right out.

5) This is where it got really easy, I took the half shaft to the Z Clinic and had the owner replace the u-joints while I watched, it only cost me $50 and I saw what needed to be done to do the others when the time comes. The first hand education was well worth the $50 to me!

6) Reinstall is the reverse of the removal. I used antiseize on the nuts/bolts/studs to make it easier to remove next time when I replace the diff (some of them where rather difficult to remove).

7) Test drive and enjoy.

No more noise!!