rear driveshaft ujoints

[jag7720]

Anyone know the exact way to get the factory ujoints out of the REAR driveshaft?

The new joints come with c-clips but I don't see any on the factory ujoints.

I am replacing my slip yoke and I do see small plastic nubs on the outside of where the ujoint sits...

...maybe a factory thing to hold them in???

Trying to get this done today so any quick help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

 

[rizzo]

I think you have to heat it with a torch to burn the plastic out

 

[snoplay]

Yep heat with torch till plastic oozes out then pound or press out clean all plastic out of grooves and reassemble.

 

[Croatan_Kid]

Coincidently, I changed 3 of the 5 total u-joints on my M1008 last night. Luckily for me though, they were held in with clips. They were all original Spicer units as well....they didn't have any slack, but that's because they could hardly move! They were bound up pretty tight, I also tried to fix a fuel leak, but that's another story all together.

Anyway, what they said....you gotta heat up the plastic around them to make it squirt out.

 

[jag7720]

Yepper... that was it... now i jut have to put it back together. Wish me luck

 

[chevycrew]

be careful when you heat it up to melt out the nylon, if it is still hot it is possible to bend the ears. I would wait till it is fully cooled before pressing out the old joint. If the ears get bent together, it will make it very hard to get the clips back on the new joint.