Universal Joints 97 S10

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Mr. Know It All - 29 Sep 2004 00:32 GMT

hey ya all. I'm thinking about replaceing the Universal joints on my S-10
pick up, 2 wheel drive, it has 5 of them. Two at the yoke on the axle, two
near the carrier bearing, and one near the tail shaft on the transmission.
Is there any special way that I should go about doing this? My mechanic
call's them CV joints, from what I can see, they are typical universal
joints. There is a spacer between the joints that are doubled up. Thanks,
any input would be fine.

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Todd Copeland - 29 Sep 2004 12:00 GMT

> hey ya all. I'm thinking about replaceing the Universal joints on my S-10
> pick up, 2 wheel drive, it has 5 of them. Two at the yoke on the axle, two
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> joints. There is a spacer between the joints that are doubled up. Thanks,
> any input would be fine.

If they are the orginal u-joints I'd highly recommend having it done at a
drive-train shop. Personally, I took my drive-train out and took it into the
shop so they could replace the joints. It was a few years ago but it cost
about $40... about the same price as 4 u-joints (From what I recall there
are only 4, two drive-shafts). Otherwise, you will need to heat up the
u-joints and then pound them out. Not an easy task and a torch is needed.

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Kiel Uyttenhove - 29 Sep 2004 20:54 GMT

Ok, well I have 5 joints all together, I'm taking to to a friends this
weekend, he has a hydraulic press he uses to change his with, hopefully its
not such a pain because Its all the way over in Saginaw. My Silverado has
original joints also. But I see no sign of them needed to be replaced. Truck
just gets used to haul 4 wheelers up north and out of state travel.

>> hey ya all. I'm thinking about replaceing the Universal joints on my S-10
>> pick up, 2 wheel drive, it has 5 of them. Two at the yoke on the axle,
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> are only 4, two drive-shafts). Otherwise, you will need to heat up the
> u-joints and then pound them out. Not an easy task and a torch is needed.

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