Removal and Replacement

Driveshaft Universal Joint

Service Repair No - 47.15.06

Removal

1. Place vehicle over pit or on a ramp [hoist].
2. Remove nuts from each end of propeller shaft. Remove shaft.
3. Scribe alignment marks on flanges at both ends of propeller shaft to ensure correct reinstallation.

Overhaul

4. Thoroughly examine universal joint for signs of damage or wear. Replace if necessary.





5. Clean universal joint bearing cups and circlips.

CAUTION: To ensure correct assembly and reduce possibility of imbalance. Before removing propeller shaft joint. Mark position of spider pin lubricator relative to journal yoke ears.

6. Remove circlips, and grease nipple.





7. Tap yokes to eject bearing cups.
8. Remove bearing cups and spider.
9. Repeat instructions 4 to 7 for opposite end of propeller shaft if necessary.
10. Clean yokes and bearing cup locations.

Assemble

11. Remove bearing cups from new spider.
12. Check all needle rollers are present and positioned in bearing cups.
13. Ensure bearing cups are one-third full of lubricant.
14. Enter new spider with seals into yokes of sliding member flange.
15. Partially insert one bearing cup into flange yoke and enter spider trunnion into bearing cup.
16. Insert opposite bearing cup into flange yoke.
17. Press both cups into place.





18. Press each cup into its respective yoke up to lower land of circlip grooves. Damage may be caused to cups and seals if cups pass this point.
19. Install circlips and check no end float exists.





20. Engage spider in yokes of sliding member. Install bearing cups and circlips as described in instructions 14 to 19.
21. Install grease nipples to spider and sliding member.
22. Apply instructions 14 to 19 to opposite end of propeller shaft.
23. Install grease nipple and lubricate.

Installation

24. Install propeller shafts to vehicle and tighten nuts to 47 Nm (35 ft. lbs.) Install propeller shaft so sliding joint end of shaft is installed to transfer gearbox.