Well, after my front axle problem and wheel bearing replacement, I decided to take everything apart and inspect my work. Not that I don't trust myself, but as our Quality Assurance sections says: "In God we trust....all others we test, check, inspect and verify." Everything I replaced looked good, and while I had everything off of the front end, I figured I may as well pull the spindles and propeller shafts to replace the front U-joints...after all, they just 'pop' on and off, right? ....wrong. Now I'm not sure if there is some sort of trick to removing factory U-joints from the front axle, but the only trick that worked for me was a plasma cutter and a hydrolic press. Thank God I have a mechanically equiped buddy who is more than willing to work for beer. I bought the top of the line U-joints (and needed the press to get them seated) so I should be set for a good long while. Anyone else ever played this game? There has to be an easier way to do this....GM just can't be that mean...
