Rear wheel bearings/U-joints
 

After meeting Phil at the Great Falls coffee and car I went over to his house and we started with pulling half shafts followed by wheel bearings. It took a large hammer, huge C clamp and a vice to persuade U-joints out.
Needless to say, after 10 years and 70,000 miles, both wheel bearings were pretty tired. Also noticed quite a bit of scoring on one U joint.
Phil, being a neat guy insisted on cleaning and even taking wire brush to heavily rusted pieces - yokes.
With half shafts out of the way bearing hubs were pretty easy to remove.
After buttoning everything back up he somehow sweet talked upper K member to side frame bolt which I was convinced to be stripped (hole in the frame not the bolt). This took care of an arthritic clunk I was getting coming to a stop.
Combination of new wheel bearings and U-joints eliminated trashy, clanking noises I was getting going over patchy roadwork - kind that makes the tail twitch from side to side.
Finally the rear suspension sounds the way it use to when young!
Sounds simple but the actual work took solid 9 hours but worth it and more.
I am slowly running out of stuff to do... Can't believe it!:-D

Re: Rear wheel bearings/U-joints
 

Good job Yun, you have been chasing that noise for a while now.
Rich

Re: Rear wheel bearings/U-joints
 

Phil did the work - I helped. At least I know the sequence and procedure.

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Wazooooo! Awesome!


Glad things worked out and your happy Yun!


:cool:

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Thanks David. You da one who got me started. Now I can't stop!

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I'm doing the same stuff on my 189,000 miler -- all original parts - talk about crusty! One of the u-joint endcaps was grenaded, no needle bearings left, all seized metal on metal. Guess that's where that clunking was coming from! :)

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Good job Phil and Yun!

Jim

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Thanks, Jim. Another skill set.