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Old Oct 22, 2007 | 06:39 PM
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I am replacing the u-joints on my 85 4+3. Everything is going well but I didn't have a vice big enough to do the job and when I tried the neighbors, it wasn't working. So when I sent the joints to a machine shop to press the old joints out and put the new ones in (almost the best $30 I spent). They cleaned them and erased my markings as to where they went!!! They look identical and I have no clue as to which one goes where. Is there a certain orientation or can I put them back in any old way? The only thing left is a sticker with a part number that is identical.


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Old Oct 22, 2007 | 07:35 PM
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The U-Joints are the same, get her done. I would have spent the cash on a larger vise. Kill two birds with one stone.
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Old Oct 22, 2007 | 07:39 PM
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Halfshafts it does not matter.
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Old Oct 22, 2007 | 07:54 PM
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Just did mine..... both shafts are the same. No worries
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Old Oct 22, 2007 | 07:55 PM
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Thanks a bunch!!!
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