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Sierra Universal Joints
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 5:14 pm
by Roady
Could someone give me a partcode or advice in regards to the uni's on my 88 WT Sierra.
I went down to Repco but they wanted $160 (40 a pop).
The Heavy duty ones for my VN SS weren't that much.
Am I being cheap or is that a fair price??
Bob
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 5:56 pm
by HRZOOK
yeah thats about right
mine cost close to that about 12 months ago
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 6:28 pm
by bazooked
check what brand they are as repco usually selly dodgy ones, go to coventries think from memory they are toyo brand these are greasable and u should be using greasable unis.
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 8:11 pm
by superzuki
i got one for my zook for $25 at scotts auto one... has a grease niple. not sure of the brand......oh and i got a discount for being a member of panthers..
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 8:43 pm
by mud4b
i sell the greasable toyos for $35 each....
ol members cost is $28 each... plus freight..
have not had any returns with this brand so far...
i also stock both types... internal circlip or external circlip.
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 11:15 pm
by Podge
Sierra 1.3 (and Vitara) use non OE Uni Joint P/No. RUJ1783 ie. GMB etc. Most places use this P/No. except for CBC (their P/No. starts with a K, but can't remember the rest). Most non genuine UJ's using the P/No. RUJ1783 have grease nipples.
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 11:30 pm
by bazooked
stay away from gmb unis u get wat u pay for.
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 11:50 pm
by christover1
bazooked wrote:stay away from gmb unis u get wat u pay for.
yes very.
all my $25 unis failed fast
all my $35 toyo unis are still fine
I go to bearing wholesalers in bayswater down road from cheezy racing.
christover
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 12:28 am
by nicbeer
mud4b wrote:i sell the greasable toyos for $35 each....
ol members cost is $28 each... plus freight..
have not had any returns with this brand so far...
i also stock both types... internal circlip or external circlip.
which ones have external and internal? or is this luck of the draw.
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 12:57 am
by christover1
nicbeer wrote:mud4b wrote:i sell the greasable toyos for $35 each....
ol members cost is $28 each... plus freight..
have not had any returns with this brand so far...
i also stock both types... internal circlip or external circlip.
which ones have external and internal? or is this luck of the draw.
1.0's have internal
1.3's external.
same cup size, thats why hybrid yokes can be used for conversions
christover
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 9:24 am
by Roady
Thanks for the info fellas.
MUD4B: I've PM'd you.
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 9:48 am
by Podge
I've never had a problem with GMB UJ's but everybody else I talk to has had the opposite experience. The other UJ that I have found to be good is the CBC product. Really, you can really only go by personel experience-my experience comes from over twenty years of selling Suzuki genuine and non genuine parts.
However, GMB waterpumps are very hard to fault.
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 10:56 am
by Sirzooky
I got toyo ones for 25 bucks each. I have to do them tomorrow but got internal for my "85 sierra, are these the wrong ones? should i get the external ones? do i have to pull it apart to know?
cheers
sadiq
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 11:21 am
by Podge
Every chance that your UJ's are incorrect if they have an internal circlip. The P/No. for 1.0l Sierra is RUJ1795, which are an internal circlip.
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 5:10 pm
by bazooked
ive been doing dealing with tailshafts and unis for the last 11 years at my old place of work, so u get to no whats good and whats not.
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 6:51 pm
by Sirzooky
its an "85 1.3 sierra, do i need internal or external circlips? i already have the internal and was about to pull them out.
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 5:50 pm
by Nutta
Hi , while on the subject of universals-- How does one change the universals on a 410 ? , I cant see any clips so I guess they must be internal.
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 8:25 pm
by superzuki
bazooked wrote:
stay away from gmb unis u get wat u pay for.
yes very.
all my $25 unis failed fast
all my $35 toyo unis are still fine
I go to bearing wholesalers in bayswater down road from cheezy racing.
christover
i bought a GMB bout 2 weeks ago....in what way did they fail?? will they be ok iff i keep up the grease and chech them??
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 11:43 pm
by Podge
superzuki wrote:bazooked wrote:
stay away from gmb unis u get wat u pay for.
yes very.
all my $25 unis failed fast
all my $35 toyo unis are still fine
I go to bearing wholesalers in bayswater down road from cheezy racing.
christover
i bought a GMB bout 2 weeks ago....in what way did they fail?? will they be ok iff i keep up the grease and chech them??
It's just a quality thing, some manufacturers take shortcuts in their production techniques of which you won't be able to do to much about.