- 1. U Joint circlips (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Taylor <spitfire@worldchat.com>
- Date: Mon, 01 Mar 1999 22:07:03 -0500
- I just replaced the U joints in the drive shaft of my 75 spitfire and have a problem getting the cups in far enough in the yoke to get the circlips properly seated. They are close, probably within .0
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- 2. Re: U Joint circlips (score: 1)
- Author: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
- Date: Mon, 01 Mar 1999 20:24:47 -0800
- By all means don't take any metal off the cups of the clips in order to fit the u-joints. Been there, Done that. I discovered that the flanges apparently are easily compressed together when removing
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- 3. Re: U Joint circlips (score: 1)
- Author: jak0pab@jak10.med.navy.mil (Bowen, Patrick A. RP2)
- Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 09:56:25
- Chris, your answer is yes. I have experienced this. What happens is the yokes are made of such a soft metal that when we remove the ole u-joints (through banging and pressing in vises) we inadvertent
- /html/spitfires/1999-03/msg00023.html (7,995 bytes)
- 4. U joint circlips (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Taylor <spitfire@worldchat.com>
- Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 18:06:52 -0500
- Thanks to Ron, Joe and Patrick for your replies. I have done this job a number of times on domestic cars without a problem but it makes sense that the yoke could have bent given the amount of beating
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