to me that's the way to do it. nice and easy when removed.
banging?
i used one of them chineeze ujoint presses from harbor frieght along with this http://www.iboats.com/U_Joint_Adapt...5076778--**********.700776284--view_id.271201to me, that'd indicate water intrusion at some point and i'd wanna go see the yoke seal and yoke....... on mine, this is what made me wanna go see.
ah, now i'm hip.....
...of the ujoints i've done. banging has always caused me grief in one way or the other. so for my mercruiser i thought i'd see if i could do it easier with the press... sure does work good and is much easier.. but yep. gotta get rid of the brg. retainer nut to get a press in there. no other way around it w/o too much grinding on the retainer nut i thought....
supposedly it don't disturb gear lash. the shims stay the same as long as ya reuse yer old brgs. our 1:65 gears are unique too in they have hash marks on them to line them up. ya can't miss putting it back the way it was to start with. assumin their old style gears. ya do have to disassemble the brg. assy though. and that's a drag. like having to have a ft lb torque wrench up to 80 or + ft lbs. or a dial indicator style in. lb torque wrench if the gears are new style. side benifit is ya get to inspect the brg.s while yer there.... any way ya look at it. more work for sure...
