Comments on: Building Foundations, Beater 4x4s and Julie Andrews http://www.wildsnow.com/1175/building-foundations-beater-4x4s-and-julie-andrews/ Backcountry Skiing Weblog Blog, FAQs, more, links and info about randonnee, telemark and backcountry ski mountaineering. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:09:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Lou http://www.wildsnow.com/1175/building-foundations-beater-4x4s-and-julie-andrews/comment-page-1/#comment-10537 Lou Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:42:37 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=1175#comment-10537 Adam, you are correct. Adam, you are correct.

]]> By: adam olson http://www.wildsnow.com/1175/building-foundations-beater-4x4s-and-julie-andrews/comment-page-1/#comment-10536 adam olson Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:48:43 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=1175#comment-10536 Sounds like you need a bigger vise too! You can never have enough tools, eh. ao Sounds like you need a bigger vise too! You can never have enough tools, eh.

ao

]]> By: Lou http://www.wildsnow.com/1175/building-foundations-beater-4x4s-and-julie-andrews/comment-page-1/#comment-10534 Lou Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:06:00 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=1175#comment-10534 Adam, good point. I do use the vise sometimes but it doesn't open quite wide enough for this job. It's a pretty beefy vise so when things fit it makes a good press. If the U-joint caps are not too stuck the clamp and some pounding work pretty well. But I probably need to just get a small bearing press and be done with it. But that takes up a lot of room to store. Adam, good point. I do use the vise sometimes but it doesn’t open quite wide enough for this job. It’s a pretty beefy vise so when things fit it makes a good press. If the U-joint caps are not too stuck the clamp and some pounding work pretty well. But I probably need to just get a small bearing press and be done with it. But that takes up a lot of room to store.

]]> By: adam olson http://www.wildsnow.com/1175/building-foundations-beater-4x4s-and-julie-andrews/comment-page-1/#comment-10530 adam olson Wed, 06 Aug 2008 02:43:48 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=1175#comment-10530 Lou, You should be using that nice bench mounted vice to press those pesky u-joints into place. Use 1/2" sockets on each side while pressing, and ditch the cumbersome c-clamp. The vice only requires one hand to operate and has a nice square press action w/ lots of torque. Good job on the chores! ao Lou,
You should be using that nice bench mounted vice to press those pesky u-joints into place. Use 1/2″ sockets on each side while pressing, and ditch the cumbersome c-clamp. The vice only requires one hand to operate and has a nice square press action w/ lots of torque.

Good job on the chores!

ao

]]> By: Lou http://www.wildsnow.com/1175/building-foundations-beater-4x4s-and-julie-andrews/comment-page-1/#comment-10529 Lou Tue, 05 Aug 2008 20:46:02 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=1175#comment-10529 Yeah, and if your rear driveshaft drops on the highway from a forward U-joint failure, it can dig into the pave and pogo your truck up, causing a nasty accident. Common to see a drive shaft retainer (simple metal hoop) on lots of trucks, to prevent that and other nasty things from happening if a U-joint goes. Yeah, and if your rear driveshaft drops on the highway from a forward U-joint failure, it can dig into the pave and pogo your truck up, causing a nasty accident. Common to see a drive shaft retainer (simple metal hoop) on lots of trucks, to prevent that and other nasty things from happening if a U-joint goes.

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