K 3500 Truck 4WD V8-5.7L VIN R (1998)
ASSEMBLY PROCEDURE
1. Remove the bearing cups from the universal joint.
2. Use your finger in order to coat the needle bearings in the bearing cup with a thin layer of chassis grease.
3. Assemble one bearing cup part way into one side of the yoke. Turn the yoke ear toward the bottom.
4. Assemble the cross into the yoke so that the trunnion seats freely into the bearing cup.
5. With the trunnion seated in the bearing cup, press the bearing cup into the yoke until it is flush with the yoke ear.
6. Install the opposite bearing cup part way into the yoke ear.
7. Make sure that the trunnions are started straight and true into both bearing cups.
8. Press the opposite bearing cup into the yoke ear while working the cross all the time in order to check for free unbinding movement of the
trunnions in the bearing cups.
9. Press the bearing cup into the yoke until the bearing cup retainer groove is visible over the top of the bearing cup.
IMPORTANT: If there seems to be a hang up or binding, stop pressing, and check the needle bearings for misalignment in the bearing cup.
10. Assemble the bearing retainer in the retainer groove.
11. Continue pressing until both retainers can be snapped into place.
