universal joint disassembly

Discussion in '1967-1972' started by btorear, Mar 31, 2006.

  1. btorear

    btorear Member

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    I have a 71 3/4 ton 4x4. Was replacng the ball joints and noticed the u joint on the front axle was shot. it has no snap rings to remove. instead there are these metal caps that look as though they have been pressed in. i used my ball joint press to try to press them out and was only able to budge them a fraction of an inch (was using an impact wrench and it wouldn't turn any more). Is there a special tool I need to use here? How do I go about getting these out? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Here's a web address that will show you a similar (not exact) picture of what I'm talking about, but it has the same kind of caps on it.

    http://www.sn-fab.com/images/retail/ujoint.html
     

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