That was a typo or word error on my part. I meant a vise and not a
press. Sorry
David
67 BGT
71 BGT
At 10:54 AM 8/5/00 -0700, British Sportscar Center wrote:
>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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