05-04-2024, 08:22 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-04-2024, 08:24 PM by David Stepney.)
Refitting the bearing cups requires a certain amount of care, as it is easy to displace a roller which will then get between the end of the cruciform and the end of the bearing cup.
The way I do it is as follows:-
1. Clean the bores in the yokes with a bit of emery cloth to get rid of any crud.
2. Start one of the cups into it's bore and assemble the cruciform into the yoke making sure that one of its legs engages with the bearing.
3. Using a vice, push the bearing cap flush with the top of the yoke.
4. Push the opposite bearing cap into the yoke a little way, sufficient so that, if you slide the opposite leg of the cruciform into it, it does not completely disengage from the one you have already fitted.
5. Keeping the cruciform in both bearings, gently squeeze the second cup into the yoke with the vice.
6. Make sure that the cruciform turns and slides between the cups easily.
7. Using a socket smaller than the bearing cap squeeze one cap in until you can fit the circlip into its groove.
8. Turn the yoke over and do the same with the other cap, making sure that the circlip goes properly into its groove.
Repeat the performance to fit the bearings to the other yoke.
Personally, I prefer to fit the bearings and cruciform to the yoke on the end of the propshaft first and fit the flanged yoke second as I find it easier.
Strangely enough, I have just fitted new universal joint kits to a Landrover propshaft this afternoon, so the technique is fresh in my mind.
Hope this helps.
The way I do it is as follows:-
1. Clean the bores in the yokes with a bit of emery cloth to get rid of any crud.
2. Start one of the cups into it's bore and assemble the cruciform into the yoke making sure that one of its legs engages with the bearing.
3. Using a vice, push the bearing cap flush with the top of the yoke.
4. Push the opposite bearing cap into the yoke a little way, sufficient so that, if you slide the opposite leg of the cruciform into it, it does not completely disengage from the one you have already fitted.
5. Keeping the cruciform in both bearings, gently squeeze the second cup into the yoke with the vice.
6. Make sure that the cruciform turns and slides between the cups easily.
7. Using a socket smaller than the bearing cap squeeze one cap in until you can fit the circlip into its groove.
8. Turn the yoke over and do the same with the other cap, making sure that the circlip goes properly into its groove.
Repeat the performance to fit the bearings to the other yoke.
Personally, I prefer to fit the bearings and cruciform to the yoke on the end of the propshaft first and fit the flanged yoke second as I find it easier.
Strangely enough, I have just fitted new universal joint kits to a Landrover propshaft this afternoon, so the technique is fresh in my mind.
Hope this helps.