I've been changing U-joints for the last 25 years and have never yet used a
press! (Not because I didn't have one, either; in fact, I have both a 12-
and 20-ton press in the shop.)
I always use a bench vise with a 6" throat and that has never failed me yet.
So, changing u-joints should be possible for anyone with a big bench vise.
Lawrie
British Sportscar Center
----- Original Message -----
From: David Councill <dcouncil@imt.net>
To: DVCameron <dvcameron2@rcn.com>
Cc: <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2000 9:56 AM
Subject: Re: Universal Joint Replacement
> To add to this thread - if you do it yourself, make sure you have a good
> heavy duty press to help push out the old u-joints. I've replaced the
> u-joints on both my MGs. The first one was pretty straight forward.
> However, on my 67BGT, I had a small light duty press, which was too small
> to do the job. The bad u-joint had fused itself in the yoke and I also had
> to cut one of the bolts off that held the drive shaft in place. I finally
> had to take the drive shaft to a shop and have them remove and replace the
> u-joints, much to my disappointment.
>
> In short, you should at least be able to remove the drive shaft youself.
> But if you run into any problems after that, you can always just have a
> garage do the actual drive line itself as a last resort.
>
> David
> 67 BGT
> 71 BGT
>
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