im gettin ready to change my u joints on my front and rear drive shafts with aluminum shafts how hard is it gonna be to do|||Keith, allow me to be totally honest with you. If you have not replaced you joints, especially in 4 wheel drive shaft which are more beefed up, then you are going to have a hard time doing it.
You will have to do it with a socket (same diameter as the u-joint cap head) and a hammer and perferably a vise to hold it all while you do it. You stand the chance of busting a cap apart and or losing cap needle bearings if you don%26#039;t know how to do it all right.
So being honest Keith I would tell you to chock your wheels, make sure the park brake is on, and remove the shafts and take them down to a shop to have the old ones pressed off and new ones pressed on. They can do it quickly and easily with a bench press.
And like I said, the 4 wheel drive u-joints are more beefier than standard 2 wheel drive u-joints. So make sure the new ones you bought are rated for 4 wheel drive or they will end up going south on you quickly.
