U joints and tie rods...
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10-06-2007 | 01:00 PM
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RE: U joints and tie rods...
ORIGINAL: Dodge4x4810
Buy yourself a chiltons or haynes manual. Rent whatever tools you need from an auoparts store, which you get all your money back after return anyways. If you haven't done something like that before, obviously you'll probably think you're in over your head. Think of it this way...if you have directions and the right tools, anyone should be able to do it. Try it yourself first, i've done all the work to my own truck, and have saved a lot of money. If you run into a problem, there is this forum and you can always ask a mechanic, from my own experience, mechanics love people who do it theirselves, so they will probably be glad to tell you how to do it.
Tie rod ends are a sinch, all you do it take the nut off, use a pickle fork, and either bang the joint out of rent a puller. As for u-joints, it depends on what kind you're doing. Driveshaft u-joints are easy, axle joints are a little harder because you have to take the whole axleshaft out. Like i said, with the right tools and directions, it can be done.
Also, MOTORBRREATH, where do you live, i've never heard of a shop turning a job, like an axleshaft, u-joint down. I know a lot mechanics and people who own shops, and they will basically do whatever you want them to do to your vehicle, as long as you have the money. It's a business and about making money, simple as that.
Buy yourself a chiltons or haynes manual. Rent whatever tools you need from an auoparts store, which you get all your money back after return anyways. If you haven't done something like that before, obviously you'll probably think you're in over your head. Think of it this way...if you have directions and the right tools, anyone should be able to do it. Try it yourself first, i've done all the work to my own truck, and have saved a lot of money. If you run into a problem, there is this forum and you can always ask a mechanic, from my own experience, mechanics love people who do it theirselves, so they will probably be glad to tell you how to do it.
Tie rod ends are a sinch, all you do it take the nut off, use a pickle fork, and either bang the joint out of rent a puller. As for u-joints, it depends on what kind you're doing. Driveshaft u-joints are easy, axle joints are a little harder because you have to take the whole axleshaft out. Like i said, with the right tools and directions, it can be done.
Also, MOTORBRREATH, where do you live, i've never heard of a shop turning a job, like an axleshaft, u-joint down. I know a lot mechanics and people who own shops, and they will basically do whatever you want them to do to your vehicle, as long as you have the money. It's a business and about making money, simple as that.