Universal Joint

[laconia1997]

Removing the u-joint assembly, do I need any special tools, Please help if you can, Thank you very much.
DP-SM 1.78 ​The dealer wants $120 an hour to do the Job i can't afford that.

 

[tpenfield]

You will need something to press the bearing cups out of the yoke. A large c-clamp can do the job, but a press is better.

 

[jerryjerry05]

You'll need:
Vice, and lots of hand tools, maybe a torch and a bearing press.
If you buy a press? Get a good one.
The yoke that comes out of the upper housing. Is it rusted along with the u-joints?
The seal that the yoke rides on will go once you start messing with it.
The rust/ corrosion will make it leak.
Volvo sells the complete u-joint assy.$586
The u-joint is $186(that hurts) you can find aftermarket.
The seal is not included..

 

[laconia1997]

Thank you Jerry, how hard is it to take the yoke out ? the dealer is telling me I need special tools to do this.

 

[laconia1997]

Do I need a rolling torque wrench​ for the carrier bearing after I take it off or just a regular torque wrench ? Thank you!
DP-SM 1.78

 

[jerryjerry05]

I tried to send you a PM but the site says I have too many messages or some such crap.
Over on marine engine . com the Volvo Forum
There is a guy called Rick he's real good on the Volvo drives.
He's the one to ask.
I'm not sure but I think you'll need to re-shim and do a rolling torque to reassemble the yoke.

 

[laconia1997]

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Well, I was hoping to used the original yoke on my dp-sm 1.78 but this is what I found.

 

[jerryjerry05]

Not gonna use that.
You send Rick a note?

 

[laconia1997]

Don' know Rick ? No, I will definitely not used that yoke :cold:

 

[laconia1997]

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My gimbal bearing won't come off :mad-new:

 

[laconia1997]

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[tpenfield]

Wow, what does the transom assembly look like where it came out of?

 

[laconia1997]

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I spent two hours drilling the gimbal bearing out, No fun! on top of all that work I'm doing all this work on a floating platform:lol:

 

[Thalasso]

I spent two hours drilling the gimbal bearing out, No fun! on top of all that work I'm doing all this work on a floating platform:lol:

What program are you using for your photo's. That's cool

 

[laconia1997]

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I take the pictures with my phone then I email them to my self, then I save them to a file, then I upload them to iboat. Thank you!