Propshaft Repair - How to Replace a Universal Joint

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A full detailed tutorial on how to repair a propshaft by replacing the Universal Joint (Also known as a Hooke joint).

This method of repair and replacing the universal joint is the same whatever the vehicle.This particular propshaft is from a Land Rover Defender.

For this job you will need:
A mallet or "soft" hammer
Circlip pliers
mandrels or a couple of sockets
A vice
Oh, and a new Universal Joint.

Remember - This video is a guide. Always refer to the relevant publications/workshop manuals.

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THE best video on YT for universal joint replacement. THANK YOU SIR.

jimt

I'm very fussy about clean and neat work to be done where you never find in workshops excellent work keep it up thanks bye

syednayeem

This is a great video, I hardly knew how one of these worked until it was flogged to bits on my 4x4. Now have rebuilt my own for $50.Have just subscribed! Thankyou very much.

christophersullivan

Made this look a lot easier than it actually is! My dad has specialised in reconditioning propshafts and axles all his life and I've never seen him do one this easily, when they come in rusted up and knackered they are a lot more difficult and require special tools that he has made over the years, a 40 ton press is essential most of the time too! A brand new joint and a brand new shaft on a tutorial video is very misleading.

charlwoo

Oh well done Sir ✊🏻👏🏻
Clear, concise, witty and simply could not be any better . Thank you for your efforts. Still baffled how you work out which axis to fit grease nipple .
Also, do prop shafts have to be balanced ?

stephentree

Very good, just taking your time so there's no stuff ups, thanks mate

stevejanejamesjassteph

Great video, very clear and yes, I was doing this job the wrong way on my Vito propshaft. Only thing I would say is make quite sure the needle bearings are held in place by grease. They might come like that but if not add a bit. On a Vito W639 rwd propshaft the ujs are staked in rather than circlipped. To me this seems incredible meanness on the part of the designers and the ujs are not supposed to be serviceable. It's usually the second joint from the front that goes and they do, even from new. I pressed out the uj, fitted a new one and re-staked the joint using a piece of tool steel ground for the purpose. My Vito is a taxi on 357k miles and I've done it a few times, £20 vs £1000+ for a new propshaft

johnswimcat

Awesome step by step video, just what I needed, thanks! 👍

Getinson

Excellent video Thank you for sharing your knowledge

richardyoung

Very good video, helped me a lot but be warned removing the old UJ cups may not be quite as easy as in this video. If pressing them out as in the video doesn't work or the are super tight and you can't get enough purchase on it with a vice sensible use of a hammer and lots of penetrating fluid I.e. WD40 will help. Just be sure to try and keep everything as square and lined up as you can. Also use reference marks so everything goes back identically as original. In particular shaft to flanges

customsteve

Gosh, thanks! This helped a lot. Definitely subscribing

rikalubbe

Is it wise to mark the flange and the shaft to ensure that they go back on in the same position, avoiding any possibility of vibrations?
Probably more important for a centre joint on a two piece prop?

MCompact

I found grinding the universal in halves was easier and no stress was put on the housing, I’ve heard they can be distorted and miss aligned. After the centre’s are removed, punch in the caps.

rethinkscience

That is a flange yoke on the opposite end yes?

jaggermurlin

Great, Thanks.

I had a lucky escape today. Nasty vibration 50mph....then 30. Checked the rear prop and surprise surprise it's on its last legs. Def 90.

RatchetMonkey