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All righty fellers, help me out. my stocker is not in the moving mood.
I took the driveline out to replace the rear u-joint. My problem is I cannot get the damned caps to come out. I busted a couple of the clips but ended up getting them out. I can't get the caps to move at all. Any ideas?

BTW the one leg hogged out the cap so bad no more needle bearings

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A big vise and a smaller socket usually gets them to move. It's best to have 2 people doing this, one to hold the drive shaft up and the other to squeeze the socket on to the cap of the u-joint. Once you get it moving, it should be easy after that.

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Previous setup: 4.1 Buick V-6/TH 350
Current setup: 400 Small Block Chevy V-8/TH 350
9" ford rear end/short bed/blue
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Got them out, basically with the same method only no big vise, big hammer instead. socket on one side, drift pin on the other. scored up the yokes a bit, cause the open end of the caps were flared out. Lots a cussin, some light taps, cussin, not so light taps, smoke break. repeat with increased tap force as needed.

Moral of the story, if your u-joints start making noise, don't put off replacing them.

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Thought they were gonna be diffacult, should of called me!!!!