Hombre S Regular Cab 4WD V6-4.3L (1999)
3. Support the propeller shaft in a line horizontal with the table of a press.
4. Place the universal joint so that the lower ear of the yoke is supported on a 30 mm (1-1/8 in) socket.
5. In order to shear the plastic retaining ring on the bearing cup, place the J 9522-5 on the open horizontal bearing cups, and press the lower bearing
cup out of the yoke ear.
6. If you have not completely removed the bearing cup, lift the cross and insert the J 9522-5 between the seal and the bearing cup being removed.
Continue pressing the bearing cup out of the yoke.
7. Rotate the propeller shaft and press the opposite bearing cup out of the yoke.
8. Inspect the retaining ring grooves for plastic.
9. Inspect each bearing cup bore for burrs or imperfections.
10. Clean the remains of the sheared plastic bearing retainers from the grooves in the yoke.
11. The sheared plastic may prevent the bearing cups from being pressed into place. This condition prevents the bearing retainers from being properly
seated.
Installation Procedure
1. Assemble the flange yoke on the inner cross of the ball tube yoke.
2. Assemble the bearing cup assemblies.
3. Assemble the ball support yoke cross in the flange yoke. Orient the ball support yoke cross with the tube yoke according to the marks that were
drawn during disassembly.
