A lot of OE U-joints have a nylon retaining ring and the only way to get
them out is to take a torch to it and melt the nylon. I had a friend who
changed the U-joints on his S-10, said he beat on it with hammers, put it in
vices, wrestled with everything but heat for several hours..someone tipped
him about the nylon retainer and he had it out in a couple minutes. Kind of
amazing how strong plastics can be! I don't know when they started using
these, and it might be a GM thing but I kinda doubt that. Worth looking
into..
Travis
'92 Dakota 5.2 4x4
>I don't know if this did more harm than good, but it did work. I saw a guy
>at a transmission shop use a blow-torch to heat the end of the drive shaft.
>Once the metal was heated (not enough to warp it I don't think), but just
>enough to get it hot, he just tapped it with a regular nail hammer a couple
>of times and it came out like it was packed at the factory with butter.
>
>I was glad that it wasn't my car, but the guy was working it like it had
>done it countless times. And, it did work.
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