Posted by jim lee [162.158.106.51] on Friday, July 07, 2017 at 14:06:23 :
In Reply to: I second all that posted by Kaegi [108.162.245.235] on Friday, July 07, 2017 at 13:38:54 :
I've done my share of U-Joints. But, I currently don't have a press and I really hate doing them. So, I'd already lined up a local shop to take care of it.
Most of the wires passed some time ago. Little bits of rusty wire left over sticking out of the u-joint. I think so far I've only found one intact.
In order to get the intermediate shaft out, I ended up having to remove the cab floor. (First time in decades for most of it.) That was nearly an all day job. This is when I discovered that my throttle petal was actually a HW store gate hinge. And, that the throttle return spring was attached to the middle of the passenger floor plate. I can't see Dodge attaching part of the throttle linkage to the body of the truck, so I'm betting there's some better way for this to attach.
And I need to get my hands on a real throttle petal. Or at least the missing bits of this one. Gate hinges make horrible throttle petals.
-jim lee
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