-John,

 Believe it or not, I was reinstalling my u-joints this week, and guess what happened....

yep, you guessed it, a cap fell off, and the bearings went for a little trip. I ended up picking up all the needles, and cleaning, and greasing them,and reinstalled them.

A little note of trivia for y'all....

There are 33 needle bearings in the end caps.

Thanks for jinxing me.

Alan

GRRRRRR!!!

[QUOTE=jgoglick] Good news, good news! I found the missing cap in my not-quite-spotless garage. I had actually put it up on a shelf and forgot.... All of the needle bearings are intact, so I can just clean, regrease and pop that sucker back on. I think that's the first good break I've had with this car [/QUOTE]

You silly wabbit!!!!


Youse guys ever here of tape? Use masking/'lectrical/duct/Scotch tape to hold the caps on the u-joints, and they won't be hiding from ya!
better late than never, eh?Adams' Apple38956.6744444444

[QUOTE=Adams' Apple] 

Youse guys ever here of tape? Use masking/'lectrical/duct/Scotch tape to hold the caps on the u-joints, and they won't be hiding from ya!
better late than never, eh?[/QUOTE]

Well sure, NOW you tell us... Tape - is that the stuff named after a duck???? You know, duck tape? Quack.