Cone washers! and Bizarre upper ball joint question

[Mullaney]

Was attempting to do this and I just noticed that the u-joints don't have the 3/4 moon clips that everyone online says they should have. Does that mean I have the godawful plastic ones that you have to melt out? Any tips on doing that? I've never dealt with them before.

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I don't know what you've got - but the plastic retainers are generally beat out with a hammer. Then you just plug in the 3/4 clips into the (freshly cleaned) retainer groove.

 

[HelluvaEngineer]

TM 9-2320-289-34 Section 6-12 page 6-78 is where the M1009 ball joints are discussed. Just use a ball joint puller on each of them. The uppers have an adjustment sleeve. I don’t remember a flange on the ball joints.

Thanks. I got past all of that. My top one had a flange. Who knows what someone installed? Trying to get these plastic u-joints apart now.

 

[HelluvaEngineer]

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I don't know what you've got - but the plastic retainers are generally beat out with a hammer. Then you just plug in the 3/4 clips into the (freshly cleaned) retainer groove.

So just get a chisel and attack the plastic? All the videos I'm seeing show people melting them with an oxy torch. Thanks.

 

[HelluvaEngineer]

Sorry all. This does have the clips, they were just too rusty for me to differentiate from the yoke. I just removed the first one. Thanks everyone!

 

[Mullaney]

Sorry all. This does have the clips, they were just too rusty for me to differentiate from the yoke. I just removed the first one. Thanks everyone!

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Awlrighty then!
Sounds good...