Quick howto on how to change a staked u-joint (also called 'non-serviceable). This is also the case with BMW, RX7s and some other vehicles. I happen to have a double-cardan drive shaft that only had 1 bad u-joint. This bad Universal Joint caused excessive vibration throughout the whole vehicle while driving. I purchased the $25 part at Advance Auto parts and completed project in a couple hours.
I used the U-Joint loan a tool from Autozone to press my joints out ;) but forgot to clean out/ deburr the stake points and broke the new u-joint caps.
REsuperGRX7 6 months ago