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Replacing prop UJ's - tips please

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Kenny:
I have read the Haynes manual on this and it seems rather complicated. Is it really that difficult.

Would appreciate some practical down to earth advice on changing the UJ.

Thanks

Damian

beast5680:
ideally you need a vice to hold it in and to use to clamp it up and squeeze the new cups in or it gets a little difficult :lol:
you should be able to remove the circlips and push the uj across one way which will push one of the cups to the out side of the yoke,sometimes a hammer helps :D  then do it the opposite way to repeat with the opposite one which should then give enough clearance to seperate it from the other yoke, repeat again with the other yoke to get the centre of the uj out then knock the cups out with a punch.
reassembly is a case of squeezing the cups in a little fitting in the uj and then squeezing together but watch you get the uj located in the cups properly or the needle rollers will cause you a problem ,good idea to smear grease all round the inside to hold them in place.
i have probably made that sound more difficult than it is :roll: just take your time with it

Landy90IOM:
it looks harder than it actually is, just take your time, and make sure the rollers dont come out as said before, as if they do you could break them and thats another UJ needed! other than that, its just takes a lot of time rather than being difficult

ibexman:
stick the yokes in the aga for half an hour, makes the cups go in much easier
dom

Sharpshooter:
Hi Damian, If you can get them to me, i can do it for you. The only thing you have to be carefull of, is that all of the rollers stay in their place. If you get one stuck at the end, itll stop you getting it together.

The offer is there mate. :D

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