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installing uni's
Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2005 5:55 pm
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.
tia,
John.
Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2005 7:56 pm
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
Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2005 7:59 pm
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.............
Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2005 10:27 pm
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!!
Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 2:43 pm
by 4sum4
Pay somone to do the job
and there is a write up how to rebuild a D/C in 4x4wire
Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 9:32 pm
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
Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 11:33 pm
by bazooked
i could rebuild a dc in about 10 mins when i was on fire..
Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2005 8:20 pm
by frp88
bazooked wrote:i could rebuild a dc in about 10 mins when i was on fire..
o.k champ you zook guys are just so quick
Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2005 1:29 am
by bazooked
well considerin i buit tailshafts for 11 years...
Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2005 7:13 am
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.
Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2005 8:18 pm
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
Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 5:42 pm
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.