As clear as the mud at the bottom of the pit... :-)
Thanks!
Chris
<jon@dakota-truck.net> wrote in message
news:eiakit$48q$1@bent.twistedbits.net...
>
> "Chris Reck" <chris92@insightbb.com> wrote:
>
> : Jon, when you mentioned the following:
>
> : install the u-joints such that the grease zerks will
> : be compressed" by the force from the engine
>
> : What do you mean by this? The ones I ordered, the zerks are in the
> caps.
> : Either way, it will rotate so that the zerk is farthest from the
> rotating
> : point no matter how I would install them. Am I just not seeing
> something
> : right?
>
>
> I guess in that case it probably doesn't matter which way you install
> them. To be honest, I've never run into a u-joint with the grease fitting
> in the cap, all of the ones I have dealt with so far have the fitting in
> the
> body of the joint itself, in the "V" between the caps. With that type, it
> is a good idea to install them so that the grease fitting portion of the
> u-joint is compressed when under power.
>
> For example, say you are looking at the u-joint straight on, like a
> cross, and the grease fitting is in the body of the joint between the caps
> which are at 12 o'clock and 3 o'clock. If the trans or transfer case was
> transmitting power to the u-joint from behind it, in a clockwise
> direction,
> and you are on the driveshaft side, you would want the tranny/t-case
> yoke attached to the caps at the 12 and 6 o'clock positions, and the
> driveshaft attached to the 9 and 3 o'clock caps. When the engine turns
> the driveshaft, the 12 o'clock cap will be pushed clockwise and the 3
> o'clock cap will resist counterclockwise, compressing the "V" where the
> zerk fitting is, rather than trying to tear that hole apart. (With
> the yoke on the 12 and 6 o'clock caps, you could also install the joint
> such that the zerk was between the 6 o'clock and 9 o'clock caps, but
> you wouldn't want it between 9 o'clock and 12 o'clock or between 3 o'clock
> and 6 o'clock. Hmmmm, clear as mud?) :-)
>
>
> --
> -Jon-
>
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