Installation of the new is pretty much the reverse of the above.
Precautions:
1)Use almost same diameter socket as the uni joint cap to hit the caps. Do not hit with a round head hammer.
Gentle tapping with flat head hammer the same diameter or bigger than the cap diameter is ok at the beginning of bearing
cap inserting. But, need a correct socket to place on top of the bearing cap and hit on the socket to get the bearing cap deeper
into the correct position.
2)Grease the needle bearings if they are not greased (with HTB).
3)Make sure the needle bearings won't fall out or go out of place when inserting the caps
4)Make sure that the plastic or rubber grease sealing rings come with the uni joint are installed in the right orientation.
It's not hard to accidentally place them in the wrong direction, as in the picture below.
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