I ended up putting a cutting wheel on my angle grinder and cut them just below the caps and pounded them out. I got the new u-joints in but I can't seem to get the center bearing off. The arms on my bearing puller are just too short to reach. I also can't seem to find a replacement for the seal on my trans. O'Reilly gave me a part that wasn't the right size, Autozone doesn't have it, and Advance was closed. Who closes at 6 on a sunday? I'm going to check Napa tomorrow.

 

i've found that when negotiating with u joints that acetylene always wins

 

It took longer than it should have but I finished my u-joint project yesterday. Used so much liquid wrench that half the house smells like liquid wrench. I want to thank everyone for their help and suggestions. Here are some pictures of the really bad u-joint. Never going to let something get that bad again, I feel lucky that I got off so easy, could've been A LOT worse.

 

Nasty!!

Now did you learn your lesson? If you hear a problem check it out before it turns into that. LOL.

 

I definitely learned my lesson, lol.

 

that just looks painfull.

 

Glad you got your drive shaft back into shape. Keep the wheels turning smoothly