U-Joint/Ball Joint Freezer

Kaylasiemon

Kaylasiemon

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First time trying to replace my U-Joints & Ball Joints on my JK today. I’ve been reading a lot of forum & videos on how to do this. Does anyone have any extra tips & tricks? I hear that putting the u-joints in the freezer helps... how does that work? Do I put the entire u joint in the freezer or do I remove the caps & only put those in there? How long should they be in the freezer?

Thanks guys! Appreciate it!


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You don’t need to. The only thing I ever freeze are large bushings and piston wrist pins.
Things get smaller when cold bigger when hot. That’s why you heat up bearings to fit on tight clearances. Won’t hurt anything to leave in the freezer for any amount of time, I doubt it’ll help much either on a u joint. Big hammer and sockets.


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Snboarder113 said:
You don’t need to. The only thing I ever freeze are large bushings and piston wrist pins.
Things get smaller when cold bigger when hot. That’s why you heat up bearings to fit on tight clearances. Won’t hurt anything to leave in the freezer for any amount of time, I doubt it’ll help much either on a u joint. Big hammer and sockets.


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A large c-clamp helped me when I changed out my u-joints in my old Titan. Get a quality one cheap ones flex.

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