fixing my stub

[bburris]

It's a little short, but I think it might work...

I busted a u-joint pulling into a driveway a week or so and it decided to lodge the stub shaft's ears partially into the inner shaft's ears, thus squeezing the stubs ears in a little bit. I know this is ghetto, but is there any way that I can bend the ears out a little bit (safely) and keep it connected to the inner shaft as another spare. All my damned spares have 260 joints and it'd be nice to keep this 297 set. It's not bent that much, but I don't know if this is a smart idea.

Here's a pic. It doesn't show much, but for a reference I can get one clip in and the other needs about 2mm.

[Fredo]

Originally posted by bburris
It's a little short, but I think it might work...

Ah, so many jokes....so little time.


Brett, i wouldn't trust that as a spare. It's been tweaked in a way that probably can't be fixed. I'd just try to find another one when you have the money. I wouldn't take the time swapping that in there to have it more than likely break 100 yards down the trail.

[eight]

I'd run it.

[Fredo]

Originally posted by eight
I'd run it.

That should be reason enough not to.

[bburris]

I figured Kopecki was going to be the one to step up with a solution...

[stinger7401]

its a spare, it cant hurt, if it gets you off the trail and to the nearest parts house to get a new i'd use it then take it out and put the new one in, then reuse it for the spare agian.

As for the ujoint not fittin right, heat and a welder will make it stay in, ask the pollok.