So today I was driving around and all of the sudden I hear clunking and felt it bad when I was stopped and started to go then car stopped in it's place I get out and look under car my rear drive shaft was on the ground because the u joint ends broke off so to get home had to put in four wheel drive and drive home in a front wheel drive jeep. Anyone know how to replace a u joint because I got part tonight And don't know the proper way to replace it?

 

you'll have to press the old ujoint out with a vise and two different size sockets, a shop press is nice thats what used and it took like 5 minutes to get the old one out, if you dont have either then your gonna be doing a lot of banging with a hammer lol

 

Okay thanks man

 

There are a lot of useful videos on the subject on YouTube.

 

just had my friend look at it tonight and noticed one of the tabs on the pinion yoke broke off. should i buy a new one or weld a new tab on?

 

pinion yoke tab? just to be clear one of the ears that a bolt would thread into broke off? if this is what you are refuring to i would replace it with this kind. U-bolt yoke. rather then the strap type. go for 25-40$ on ebay.

 

i have the yoke with straps and they are good still there are tabs to hold the u joint from sliding around and loosing the caps on end of u joint and falling out which happened to me