I just did my first removal with the good advice of the list. It took a hell
of a lot of tapping! I used a socket as a drift. When the cap on the other
end started to protrude, I put a bigger socket under it so the cap could
emerge. I tapped the caps out just far enough to get a set of vice grips on
them. With the vice grips, I rotated the caps back and forth until they
worked loose. This proved much quicker than tapping them the rest of the way
out. Through the whole process, I kept the ujoint soaked in penetrating oil.
I think that really helped.
IMHO: After all that hammering, I wouldn't trust the old ujoints. Just
consider them destroyed. Personally, I would never go through all that
trouble just to paint the drive shaft. But, it sounds like you were going to
replace them anyway. Good luck.
Bob Donahue (Still stuck in the '50s)
Email - bobmgtd@insightbb.com
52 MGTD - NEMGTR #11470
71 MGB - NAMGBR #7-3336
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