bezels drivin' me nutz

[lasadoor]

i have a centech harness and i'm having trouble finding the right size nuts to hold the wiper switch and the original hazard switch in the dash.

how long should it take to inspect/replace the U-joints on the front axles? I have all day Wed, but it needs to be drivable thurs. morning. I have disc brakes on a dana 30.

 

[WyleCoyote]

Toms has all the bezel nuts, and they aren't very expensive.

Depending on how much pratice you have and how siezed up the bolts are, the front axle shafts are pretty easy to remove, you just pull the wheels off, remove the hubs and spindles and they slide out takes 20-30 minutes a side. If you have a press or big vice changing u-joints are a 15min job.

 

[Bundy]

removing the hubs is kind of a big deal, or at least to the novice like me

 

[WyleCoyote]

Oh - shoot, I should have read it more carefully, I was talking about a 44...don't know about a 30!

 

[ol gray mare]

Oh - shoot, I should have read it more carefully, I was talking about a 44...don't know about a 30!

Same thing, remove everything down past the spindles and yank the axle...

 

[broncnaz]

You can inspect them with out removing but replacement is another thing. You should be able to do it in a day easily. Do you have a 4x4 spindle socket? if not get one it makes it a lot easier to remove the spindle nuts. Worst case do one side at a time if you run out of time then do the other side later on.