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Originally Posted by westvandude
I bought a ball joint / u joint press kit today at KMS Tools for $130cdn. Princess Auto had a similar one for $99 but ball joint only so figured for $30 bucks extra I'll prob be doing the u-joints on the axles while I have it all apart.
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Just a heads-up on axle u-joints. The receiver hole (opposite the screw) in your press is most likely too small for the u-joint cups to fit thru. AND, there isn't enough throat for much of a spacer so you can get them out far enough to grab with vice grips. I have the OTC version of that tool and ran into that problem. Finally wound up running the axles over to a buddy's shop to use his hydraulic press. MAN, did those things POP when they came loose.
The press I have works very nicely for driveshaft u-joints, as the cups are smaller diameter and will fit thru the hole.
Good luck with it.
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