u joints from h#%%
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u joints from h#%%
i have the driveline pulled from under the truck ( 91 ranger 3.0 5spd 2wd) and am replacing the ujoints, any special tricks or tips for this, i have had it out for 2 days now and am needing my truck going again asap. ( i would have already taken it to a shop but i have aprox. $2.07 to my name untill payday next week...), i have tried everything i can think of, the socket and hammer, the bench vise, an even bigger hammer....., these things are in there tight enough that it broke a 10 pound sledge and didnt even phase them... Getting to the point that i am stumped as i can get, and ready to coat this thing in jet fuel and throw a match...... Thanks for any help in advance.
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You removed the clips right? I can't imagine breaking a 10 pound sledge hammer over u-joints.
if i can find my digi camera, i will put up a pic or 2, and perhaps a pic of the remains of the sledge....
it was one of those HAVE to change them moments, the joints are almost to the point of locking up. 140K on the factories and the guy i bought it from wasn't two bright ( random example, the driverside front shock is held on with a ubolt. stud snapped off. Found this out after i bought it. Then there was the camber adjuster.... it came out of a honda and was very poorly welded solid and jammed in there.....) something tells me he never changed the ujoints and treated the truck like crap...
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Might need a press to do it. At work we use a balljoint/u-joint tool and airgun to press out. Got any friends that work on cars? Someone should have something. If you lived close by I'd help you out, but you'd spend more in gas than a whole new driveshaft to drive here 
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If you lived close by I'd help you out, but you'd spend more in gas than a whole new driveshaft to drive here
right now i am borrowing an 01 ranger (4.0 4x4 *cringe* automatic...) from a relative until i can get mine done. This truck has been abused. I am not sure what he did to it but it gets around 9-12 mpg driving with a light foot on the interstate doing the normal 65 with cruse ( and this is with NO mods to it what so ever...) . major gas $$ there...
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dont know if this will help U-joint removal and replace-how to with pics - Ford Explorer Ranger Enthusiasts Serious Explorations
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It was difficult to press out UJs on my 2001 Ranger.
I have dual DS under my aero. First pice is made of steel, rear - of aluminium. So easy to press out UJs from steel DS (+some WD-40), but aluminium corrozion is something terrible.... and heating is prohibited.....
I have dual DS under my aero. First pice is made of steel, rear - of aluminium. So easy to press out UJs from steel DS (+some WD-40), but aluminium corrozion is something terrible.... and heating is prohibited.....
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you could not get enough pressure with a vice and socket method? I cannot even imagine that not working for anything that was salvageable.
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i guess i will dig out the credit cards * god save me* and try renting a balljoint puller. give that a shot. will let ya know how it goes. so far the BFH and vise havent done a thing so here goes...
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usually hammer works well. But there is spray like WD-40 but for aluminium and cooper. I do not remember how it is called. Aluminium corozzion exists too. But aluminium oxid does not destroy metall. But it looks steel parts inside aluminium and heating may not be used, becouse it is easy to melt it.
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I think it is the Kroil stuff that you use on aluminum.
To the OP: Were you just trying to pound out the joints with a hammer? Try the ball joint/u-joint clamp thing or use a hydraulic press.
To the OP: Were you just trying to pound out the joints with a hammer? Try the ball joint/u-joint clamp thing or use a hydraulic press.