hotdram

Ok,
Let me start off by showing ya'll the email I had to send my team lead this morning, this will explain some of the "situation"

She's gonna hate me.

I have the grease caps 98% of the way on, but can not get them in far enough to let me engage the clips to my liking (only talking about the joint on the slip yoke end, the differential end went fine). I plan on taking the driveshaft to the dealer and seeing if they will take 2 minutes to just press them in with whatever they have to do it. Hoping they do it for free, the hard part is done and I have been faithful about having them do service.

Next thing, like the idiot I are, I was parked in my driveway that slopes up hill. Therefore when I pulled the slip yoke out from the tranny extension, a bunch of oil came out . I then raised the rear end really high and put it on jackstands to level the vehicle.
My question is this: Where do I replace the fluid that came out? Do I fill the hollow slip yoke and put it in or is there another spot to fill it from? Also, what type of fluid is that? I assume gear oil

Thanks,
and you can quit laughing now,
~Rob

crobtex

Now that I've stopped laughing, I have a couple of questions.

First question: Were the joints bad?
Second question: Do you need help? From another rookie..............
Third question: Have you tried using a big "C" clamp?

hotdram

1) Don't know, but the new ones are really tight when you try to move them, as compared to the old ones
2) Thanks for the offer, I think I can get this done relatively quick once I have the caps pressed on.
3) I tried a big C clamp, a cheesy Harbor Freight vise , a BFH, multiple curse words strung together and combinations of all of the above.

~Rob

crobtex

Give me a call if you need anything.

hotdram

Thanks Charlie

Appreciate it,
~Rob

OUTDOORSMAN

you may have a bearing laying in the bottom of the cap.

i am not sure about texas but here in michigan we can rent tools from our local supliers. some programs are pay for the tool, keep it as long as you need it, return it for a full refund.

good luck.

hotdram

I thought that one of the needle bearings might have become dislodged, but the u-joint moves freely. I was going to "rent" the NAPA kit, I thought it was a deposit. They charge you $358, you use it, then bring it back and you get a full refund. That tool didn't look worth that much.

I might try going to Autozone next time, they might be cheaper on the "rental" stuff

~Rob

BigBlue

And you wonder why I'm going to take mine to the professionals. FWIW, when we did hunter's we had the same problem and it turned out that one of the bearings had come loose and gotten lodged in the cap.

Fugly YJ

I agree, one of the needle bearings may have fallen over in the cap.

FWIW, if you have a Harbor Freight store near you, they sell a U-joint installation tool for less than $50. I know my buddy got his for about $30ish. That thing works pretty well for the price.

hotdram

Yep, that is what happened. The Dodge dealer pulled it apart and one of the bearings fell over and was broken. I went to Napa, bought another u-joint for $17 and the dealer installed it for me. There's were $75!!!! They were pretty cool to let me go get another one from Napa and do the install.

Earlier this week, I went to Harbor Freight to get the U-joint install tool. The store by me doesn't stock it, they would have had to order it.

~Rob

BigBlue

Thanks for the harbor freight tip. I've got a gift card that's dying to be used on something useful.

Rob, if you flirted with the guy at napa he might have warrantied the busted new u-joint.

hotdram

Hey man, how you get your parts is your business

~Rob

AggieJustin

And this is why I try not to do any major repairs in my garage in Plano. I live alone, the truck is my only vehicle and it's a long walk to the parts store. Plus, my stock of tools is WAY too low. I'll always run out of tools before I run out of work.

BigBlue

Rob, if you would put down the crown and read my statements from this thread then you would notice that I referred to hunter and that I am GOING to take mine to a PROFESSIONAL. Thus ELIMINATING ME TALKING to the napa guy but NOT eliminating hunter. Now we return to our regularly scheduled program.

neveragain

It is nice to laugh at other peoples mistakes and smugly say "I wouldn't make that mistake" Only to make some other mistake and not admit it.

I was told years ago that there are 3 kinds of people in the world.
1. Learns by other peoples mistakes.
2. One that learns by their mistakes.
3. The ones that never learn.

So lets learn and get better at what ever level one is at. I myself was thinking as I read it that there was too much grease in the cup, but can't see what is going on so have to guess at the possabilities. One comment to say is to remove the non synthetic grease and just have the syn grease there. I did make the mistake once but do remove the non sun grease since that episode.The rear u-joint lasted 3 months.It was installed by a cryslurrr mec. so there. He did say he knew what he was doing and no warranty from the dollarshop for the lack of indurance.