Got old joint out by beating it with a sledge.
Took yolk and hit it with white lith grease. Tapped the newjoint caps into place gently and put joint into position. Pressed caps into yolk with vice until bearings were in position and then tapped them into place with a sledge. Clips were a pain but eventually went into place. Viola!
Folks, this front joint is super easy compared to the rear, which was an original. The fun with a rea u-joint, when they are original, is that they are held in (rather well, I might add) with some sort of magic teflon bushing/ fastener thingy. I dont know what it looked like but it almost f'ed up my partners 6 ton press trying to push it out of the rear drive shaft yolk. In the event you've become stumped, had a hard time trying to find it in the tactical manual the secret is a propane torch. You have to heat the cap until you hear the pop and see the teflon ooze out like those black snake fireworks. Once you see the ooze you can press or hammer it out. I hadnt heard of this before, thought I would pass it on since its only found in the m1009 rear shaft...
