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For 1990-2009 cars only
Makes 🢒 Chevrolet 🢒 1998 🢒 Chevy P12 Chassis 🢒 Driveline/Axle 🢒 Propeller Shaft 🢒 Universal Joint Replacement

Removal Procedure

    Object Number: 159400 Size: SH
  1. Raise and support the vehicle with safety stands. Refer to Lifting and Jacking the Vehicle in General Information.
  2. Remove the propeller shaft. Refer to Three-Piece Propeller Shaft Replacement .
  3. Remove the retainer rings (4).

    4. Important: Do not pound on the yoke ears of the propeller shaft or the slip yoke. Pounding on the yoke ears may damage the components.

  4. Remove the bearing cups (3) from the propeller shaft (2).
    5. 4.1. Using two sockets (one with a diameter just smaller than the bearing cup, the other with an opening large enough to accept a bearing cup) drive out the bearing cups by pressing them out using a vise or press.
    4.2. If you are replacing the front universal joint, go to step 1 of the installation procedure.
    4.3. If you are replacing the rear universal joint, repeat the first part of step 3 in order to remove the bearing cups from the slip yoke (5).

Installation Procedure

    Object Number: 159400 Size: SH
  1. Install the bearing cups.
    2. 1.1. Set the trunnion (1) in between the yoke ears of the propeller shaft (2) and start installing both bearing cups (3) by hand. Continue driving the bearing cups inward by squeezing the bearing cups together using a press or vise.
    1.2. Use a socket with a smaller diameter than the cup and drive the cup past the retainer ring groove.
  2. Install the retainer ring (4).
    3. 2.1. Turn the shaft over.
    2.2. Drive the opposite bearing cup past the retainer ring groove.
  3. Set the slip yoke (5) over the trunnion and install as outlined in steps 1-3.
  4. Install the propeller shaft. Refer to Three-Piece Propeller Shaft Replacement .
  5. Remove the safety stands and lower the vehicle.