Well, I've bit the bullet and am replacing the seals/packing on my universal joint ball. This is on a '52 half-ton. I accessed mostly everything from inside the cab by removing the transmission access cover. I have the ball joint disconnected, the tube slid back and I can now see and access the u-joint. That is where I stopped yesterday because I was beat. Next step today will be to place a jack under the tube, remove the four bolts holding the u-joint together, and then slide the yoke assembly back. Before I do that, I have a question: Will the tube move up or sideways enough for me to slide the yoke out along with the ball housing? The last thing I want to do, having come this far, is to bend or otherwise damage the tube. I don't think it can go down enough to give me the clearance I need without removing the frame cross-member. I can probably put enough upward pressure on the tube, with the jack, to get it to clear from the top, but again I don't want to bend the tube. How do y'all do it?
