Nice job on the video, and thanks for taking the time to make it. I've now been convinced I can do my own axle shaft U-joints.

Dude. perfect. straight and to the point. many thanks

Great video. Well thought out, easy to understand your clear and concise directions. Thanks!

I'm 60. I wish my bought-used-in-04 '96 Laredo was half that nice! Excellent video and use of basic tools! Reminds me of me... without the floor and room!

Good video, don't worry if people bitch because you didn't cover every possible situation. Not sure if you do mechanics for a job, haven't watched any of your other videos. That said when your working on brakes , if you haven't pressure washed it or cleaned them thoroughly first gloves gloves gloves, I cant count the number of times the instructors at school emphasized this. Asbestos may have been officially taken out of the production of brake pads and clutches, but most are made over seas and you should not trust your health to the quality control of their production. Brakes , and clutches and the dust they create should be treated as a serious hazard to your health. I know if you don't normally wear latex gloves they feel stupid for the first while, but if your hands are into automotive fluids on the regular, you can develop skin problems and sensitivity to particular fluids later on in life. Some can wreck your hands completely others can just give you a rash in response to certain chemicals. Not trying to nanny you or shit like that just want to try to save you some trouble. I am a heavy duty equipment mechanic so that is where this information comes from.

Very helpful! I am currently halfway through this job on my '88 Cherokee. One hub came off readily, but on the other side It took four hours of pounding with a chisel at the flange of the hub to get the hub loose. I learned something through this exercise: before you try to get the hub out, (after you remove the bolts), cock the wheel so you can see the back of the hub (right where the U joints are located), then spray PB Blaster liberally around the circumference of the hub (where it joins the carrier) and let it soak a while. That's how I finally got the hub out!

A really OUTSTANDIN video, my man! You showed me just exactly what to do to replace the u-joint! (mine had totally destroyed itself!) THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!

Great job man, Thank you for posting this.

Excellent video. Very helpful. Among the best. Thank you!

Thanks for making an easy to follow video. Really helped me out.

I really appreciate you making that video. I watched several of your other videos, you are saving me a lot of money

Thank you for your post appreciated your thoroughness and time!

You did a better job explaining this than the Haynes manual. I have to do my 88 Jeep Cherokee left side U joint.

Thank you great job and video was very helpful.

Thanks man, for the video, you did a great job. It's always better to see something done before you start on the task for the first time. God Bless KZfaq, and thanks again.

Great vid on how to change this part explains it perfectly thanks

Very good video again, very clear explanation, very helpful, thanks a lot !

Tools: Torque wrench | 19mm socket (lugs) | 1/2" socket/wrench for caliper bolts | Screw Driver to brace axle | Pliers for cotter pins | 36mm socket for axle nut | 13mm 12-point socket and wire brush for hub bolts | PB Blaster and breaker bars for rust.

Nice Job!

You a king for this

Nice job young man !

Great video. Even i can understand how to do this. I'm pretty sure my jeep issue is the u joint. A weekend job but not as expensive as i was expecting. Thanks for explaining this. Have a great Christmas

great video .. easy to follow .. thank you !

Great video! Probably a good idea to replace wheel bearings while your in there

You are doing a great job. Just stay within your Knowledge and Skills base and you will be very good. I liked your explanations as you go.

Nice vid man. Doing my u joints as soon as they get delivered. One trick i used when i took the hub off is i left the socket on the hub bolt and hit it with my mini sledge. I went back n forth on both bolts to keep it even. Not sure if it matters but rather be safe than sorry.

Helpful. thank you! Would've liked more video on the u-joint install but I can probably get that elsewhere. Otherwise, this video is exactly what I needed to see.

Nice work

Fine job young man! I watch this and it gives me hope for this country. Maybe all kids in this country aren't at Berkley trying to burn the nation down!

Great video! No issues with the inner seal when re installing the passenger side axle shaft? Thanks for posting this. Very helpful information.

Nice job

Excellent, good video for an amateur like me that has an XJ that is close to 20 years old,, ha ah

Very good video ! Great job too ! Hope you can find a nice vice some where. My vice broke too one time. Who knew you could break them ? Good luck in the future!

Good video. 2 points: Instead of jamming a screwdriver into the rotor, use the brakes to do the job they're intended for. Don't hammer on the hub. You'll burnish the bearing accelerating bearing failure. Leave the bolts in but loose and hit the heads of the bolts. Then pry.

nicely done!!.

Hi OutJeeping, I placed a new U joint but on the shorter shaft, I hammered in it a (little) bit too hard. It turns a bit stiffer but I was wondering how to fix it or if it is a problem at all?

good video

what size nut where you hammering the u joint into to get it out? thanks

I would have installed new axle seals and hub bearings while everything was apart !I know it would cost more money, and you did this on a budget. Nice work by the way.

To get the hub off did u use a torx nut?

You did good, when you put the dust shield, i said no, its backwards , then in the edit i seen you flipped it around.... also those 2 divots (wear from rust and age) where your brake shoes ride you can weld those up and regrind smooth to make you brakes work better... btw anti seze everything...for the next time you do it, 10 years from now....

Your rotors are too perfect .. lol. Funny, I broke my big assed vice trying to press the joints out, too. Took a BFH to it and they came out easily. And I'd urge caution if you use a press, you run great risk of bending yoke ears then will play hell getting the clips back in.

Nice.

Nice video, Not sure if I have the same problem; I have a clicking sound coming from the passenger side u joints. I pulled the tire and turned the wheel and its clear the sound is coming from the U joint. The drive shaft seem a bit loose where it fits in the axel. What do you think?2001 XJ not sure of the axel type....yet

thank u

i have a 99 jeep xj could you tell me the part number please thanks!

Would you be willing to provide the part number please.

What’s the part number on the u joints?

super informative video, I like the ratio of relative commentary to small talk. most videos people give their life stories between each step so definitely giving you a thumbs up on this vid. haha just curious on how many hours you'd estimate this job took you?

At he relatively low,cost of breaks and ball joints I think I will replace mine when I do my u joints but for the video great job. Think new bears also because I can. They have been in use for 20 years why not

Question: Did you also do the right side front axle u-joint? I'm asking because according to my Haynes Manual when removing the right side front axle, one has to first remove the Front Axle Shifter Motor. This is a bit complicated as it involved making sure the shift fork is reinstalled in the exact position it was in when removed, and also one must use a new o-ring and a new gasket. If you did both sides did you have to remove and reinstall the front axle shifter motor? EDIT: Never mind. After doing a bit more research, I found that it was just some earlier Jeeps that had a vacuum powered shift to 4WD that had these Front Axle Shifter Motors. My '98 Cherokee does not have one and I'll bet yours doesn't have one either. For those that do, they have to remove this motor - if they don't, they will be able to pull the axle but they won't be able to get it to go back in as the shifter fork will get in the way.

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Man you shattered the vice! Would love to see the video clip of that.

6:15 - 6:20 me everytime I work on my Jeep

my 93 vibrates through the steering wheel around 60-70 mph. i was hoping it was any u-joint but the axle u-joints lol

So when I turn my jeep either left or right I hear a rotating sound...not popping or anything like that but I was wondering if it was because of the axle u joints or possibly the wheel bearing. Any thoights?

I don't know how my sister-in-law's name and picture got on this, but I am the one doing the work, I did Auto Shop in high school, Army veteran as a wheel and track vehicle mechanic, worked as a gas jockey/mechanic at a gas station for 16 years, and like to watch these first because I don't like nasty surprises when doing things like this.

what did you lube the axle shaft with? I was going to use the same stuff that I filled the diff with

When taking the axle nut off i just put it in 4 wheel drive

Use some Easy Off oven cleaner to clean all the grease it works well

So Spicer new U joints great, but would be nice to show the item part numbers not just a picture of the box. Sometimes finding the part numbers for correct item is a pain, so why not share this info

Did this actually fix your vibration at 55mph? I've had a few xj's and thats usually a different issue...

Just replaced the same ujoint that you did. Decided to replace the hub bearing at the same time. It was old. Now I have a BIG problem. I put everything together and now the rotor is rubbing against the spindle and the wheel will not move. It only does this after I tighten the lug nuts. If I take them off, the rotor spins free. Any ideas? Thanks for the good vid.

Always place a jack stand under where you are working just in case the floor jack should come down accidently!

What u joints do you use? 297 or 760? Which is stronger

is the procedure the same on a 94 jeep cherokee xj? what year is your jeep?

What part of the country are you in? I'm in the rust belt, so nothing works easily. I planned to do u-joints on my '95 ZJ, but when I got the shafts out I found that they were so rusty that I couldn't even find the u-joint clips. To get my hub bolts out I had to heat the ears of the hub with an oxy-acetylene torch. Good thing I was replacing hubs anyway. I got delayed for a couple of days while I waited for new halfshafts and hub bolts to come from Rock Auto. In the meantime, I decided to take apart the rusty old shaft for practice. I finally got the clips out and pressed out the caps with my Harbor Freight 12 ton press. I got stuck on the second cap. It pressed out ok, but it is fused to the cross. So far I tried to get the cap off with a pipe wrench and by clamping the cap in my vise. If I needed to make it work, next I would carefully cut the cap off with my plasma cutter.

Did any fluid leak out when you pulled the axle out of the transfer case?

nice one thanks, only it hope it takes me 15 minutes and 44 seconds to do mine.

What type of u joint are u installing

i can't get my hub off. tried the putty knife thing plus penetrating oil. had a little progress but not much. if i was the hulk my jeep would SMASH right now

dammit, my hub bolt is froze solid. tried using your method with a screwdriver, but broke it clean in half.

Probably should have shown how you put the u joint into the axle shaft ....

Bro I tried going to autozone today to buy these joints and the only thing that came up on their computer is a front drive shaft u-joint so I bought two well turns out the head on the u-joint it’s self is to small. What the fuck????? How do I find these joints??? Some GD links left in the video description would have been a huge help

Broke my breaker bar on the axle nut.

HOW MANY TIMES DID YOU WASH YOUR HANDS?!!?!

13:40 puts on rotor covor backwards starts tightening bolts ... skips in vid its flipped .. doesn't mention he put it on wrong at first .. just picks up where he left off. "So yeah.. when your done doing that you". Lol

Just an FYI, I have a 1987 Cherokee Pioneer 4wd with the same wheels that you have. My lug nuts are 18 mm not 19 mm. I used a 19 mm and rounded off one lug nut.

Couldn't you just put it in 4 wheel low and it would lock up being able to take the castle nut off with out the screwdriver.

Hitting the hammer where you were on the hub is not good. That can create play in the bearings as it is a pressed together piece.

Hate to bash but you got no footage of the most imporant part sad thats what i need to know.

you didn't show how to install the u joint which is the important part

The really rusty nuts

"13mm 12 point" lol hex head or 6 point is better. Especially with older vehicles. It's less likely to strip the nut..

I still don't know how my sister-in-law got into my computer, but I am the one who did the work. However, I cheated because I used a slide hammer to pop the hub loose. Because I am a Christian, I asked for additional guidance from the Man Upstairs (G.I.language reference to Jesus Christ. Not all G.I. language words are vulgar.). Now that I am comfortable doing this, as an Army veteran, I can speed things up using the Army expedient of using applied vulgarism.

next time spray brake cleaner on it.

Gloves, my man.

lmfao you didnt even film the most important part , installing the new u-joint , save ur time skip this video

useless. didnt even show putting new joint in 0-5 stars

Dude you literally showed the whole job except the ujoint replacement. Retitle the video.