Im playing mechanic...

[blacksnapon]

Hint.......if you use a torch and heat the caps and/or the cross, the grease in there heats up and will "blow" the caps off.

[dustybumpers]

Originally Posted by Sparky83

3 hrs??? thought you were further... and mighta taken you up on the offer... once i get it painted color i still gotta get the new ones in.. hopefully therye not as much of a problem to get them in...

They squeeze back in real easy. I use a vice and a big pipe, and deep sockets. Research Md chapter back about 2009 in the "other site" I quit posting on, I posted a how too with pictures.

[Sparky83]

Originally Posted by blacksnapon

Hint.......if you use a torch and heat the caps and/or the cross, the grease in there heats up and will "blow" the caps off.

ROFLMAO!!!! did that... they just burbled.. did nothing... sprayed em with wd40... then roasted it... they just laughed at me... that press was banging and clanging every time the cap would break loose and get stuck again...



didnt feel when that happened... but assuming it was when the blocks slipped out and everything went flying from the 20 ton press...

[Sparky83]

Originally Posted by dustybumpers

They squeeze back in real easy. I use a vice and a big pipe, and deep sockets. Research Md chapter back about 2009 in the "other site" I quit posting on, I posted a how too with pictures.

my vice doesnt open wide enough... my s10's shaft was smaller and couldnt even fit it in there... that one i partially did with ball joint press... breaker bar... and 4 foot pipe on the breaker bar... somehow i think i would have needed a 10 foot one for this ones...

[dustybumpers]

Originally Posted by Sparky83

my vice doesnt open wide enough... my s10's shaft was smaller and couldnt even fit it in there... that one i partially did with ball joint press... breaker bar... and 4 foot pipe on the breaker bar... somehow i think i would have needed a 10 foot one for this ones...

I have 2 big vices for sale come spring from the other shop I sold.
I'll let you know BEFORE I take them to the flea market. let me know what else your lacking. The more I sell, the less I have to move to NC

[dustybumpers]

Originally Posted by Sparky83

ROFLMAO!!!! did that... they just burbled.. did nothing... sprayed em with wd40... then roasted it... they just laughed at me... that press was banging and clanging every time the cap would break loose and get stuck again...



didnt feel when that happened... but assuming it was when the blocks slipped out and everything went flying from the 20 ton press...

Tapping on the side of the joint applys shock while you are putting pressure with the press. They usually break loose a little easier.

[Sparky83]

Originally Posted by dustybumpers

I have 2 big vices for sale come spring from the other shop I sold.
I'll let you know BEFORE I take them to the flea market. let me know what else your lacking. The more I sell, the less I have to move to NC

does that mean id get free delivery as you drive by?? lol id prolly have a free forall in that shop looking for things lol

Originally Posted by dustybumpers

Tapping on the side of the joint applys shock while you are putting pressure with the press. They usually break loose a little easier.

didnt think of doing that... when i was trying to cut the slits to put the prybars in they wouldnt even turn... which i tried a pipe wrench before that to twist them.. was surprised how tight they were...

[Sparky83]

Lil dually said she wanted hot pink... i said no.... not going to happen... So went with the closest i could get to ford blue... Iris blue...

[DNFXDLI]

Nice Shawn.

[Sparky83]

ty.. i like that paint will stop it from rusting more.. and also protects it... one thing people dont think about with the drivetrain is the driveshaft... over time the rust falls off.. and can lead to an unbalance shaft... why you sometimes have to get them rebalanced.. other reason being the weight falls off...

plus in the process i discovered that some point in the past someone set that shaft down on something harder than the shaft was... near where the cardian joint was theres a pretty good dent in the side of the pipe... least enough to make a flat point in the shaft... wondering what they did to get the dent there...