School me pleeez

[XJLI]

pm 93xjli he is really good at u joints i heard.

i will shove my still blood stained finger nail in your eye

[Rowdy XJ]

fuk it just curious thanks dudes

[CumminsJeep]

LOL

[Ktmracer419]

Has anyone ever attempted to change the front axle u joints?? Is it a ball buster job or what..

i send my jeep to the dealer for that, i don't dare touch axle u joints.

[bucketokarma]

I think you need to be a member for the bigger avatar.

True story.

[Zullock Holmes]

Has anyone ever attempted to change the front axle u joints?? Is it a ball buster job or what..

pull your shafts and take them to a machine shop to have them press out/ press in the new u-joints. i made the mistake of trying to do it myself with only a ball joint clamp. i was able to get them out this way, but it was not fun. and i fucked up some needle bearings putting them back together. just take them to a machine shop, most small autopart stores have a machinist that will do them cheap.

[Even]

I have never attempted shit like that myself but from what i have heard it's just a pain in the ass for the price shops charge you.

[Ktmracer419]

seriously. i just use a hamma and a vice

[crosbike]

what the hell is so hard that everyone is having issues doing this?

[XJLI]

what the hell is so hard that everyone is having issues doing this?

you can do mine next time so im not hammering for 2 hours.

[Ktmracer419]

you need either

A. a bigger hammer

B. bigger muscles

C. less estrogen

[Zullock Holmes]

i used a combination of aerokroil, a hammer, a torch, a 5 ft piece of DOM slid onto the breaker bar to get enough leverage on the vice and it still took about 2 1/2 hrs to press both of them out.

[Adam]

When I did mine with Rckymtntj it took about an hour of smashing, along with the two socket trick and a vice.

[Rowdy XJ]

I did them over the weekend. I got a ball joint press from auto zone to press out the old ones and to put the new ones in. Yes it was a pain in da BALLZZZ.