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installing uni's

Post by hophoar »

Am trying to install some new uni's on the front end, but it seems that the new ones are F#*king tight fit. Have tried pressing them in with no luck and am afraid that if I keep going then I'm gonna bust something. Meassuring the bearing caps it seems that there about .4mm bigger than the hole they fit into. Now what the *#ck am I doing wrong? The only thing I can think to do now is to reem them out abit but this just doesn't seem right. Also what tricks are there to assembling the cardan joint.

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Post by Hoonz »

heat the uni carrier up and throw the unis in the freezer for 10mins
then run like a mofo and slap them in real quick
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Post by mickyd555 »

Hoonz wrote:heat the uni carrier up and throw the unis in the freezer for 10mins
then run like a mofo and slap them in real quick
only in townsville you would do something like that............. :armsup:
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Post by bazooked »

if they r .4 of a mm bigger ur not goin to get em in they r the wrong unis, and if by sum chance u do get them in they arent goin to move!!
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Post by 4sum4 »

Pay somone to do the job :D
and there is a write up how to rebuild a D/C in 4x4wire
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Post by frp88 »

they are the wrong ones if there that much bigger is it a double cardan ?If it is then pay a driveline shop it takes a long time to get it i did it for 4 years and it was never straight forward :D
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Post by bazooked »

i could rebuild a dc in about 10 mins when i was on fire.. :finger:
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Post by frp88 »

bazooked wrote:i could rebuild a dc in about 10 mins when i was on fire.. :finger:
o.k champ you zook guys are just so quick :D
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Post by bazooked »

well considerin i buit tailshafts for 11 years... :finger:
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Post by hophoar »

Thanks guys,
got another set of unis frm a local bearing supplier and they are the same size 29mm, am gonna ream the housings to fit as one of the reasons for pulling them in the first place was movement between the cups and the housing.
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Post by frp88 »

how do you intend off fitting them do you have hand press :?: and you might need to ask bazooked to give you the correct order.I have been out of the game for 10years now so i dont want to give the wrong info by forgeting something.Good luck :D
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Post by hophoar »

Did it today, took a little while to ream and the rest went together easily. Especially with the press and the spicer uni's that have a tapered cap that makes lining it up soooo easy.
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