Cadillac 54-6219 1954 Shop Manual page 143

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REAR AXLE
2. install
retahier and cork seal on othversal
Joint cross.
3. Start one bearing Into propeller shaft yoke by
tapping lightly with a hanuiler.
4. Install universal joint cross in position and
golds into bearing already started.
5. Start opposite bearIng into propeller shalt
yoke and place in vise
ith jaws against bearings.
Fig. 5-13.
6. Tighten vise until cross is just ready to enter
oppositn bearing sied adjust position of ernss until
it enters beth bearings.
7. Tighten vise
mdl both hearings are in far
enough to allow lock rings to be installed.
NCiIt:
Ii bearinge do not go Into position ith
normal pressure on the vise, a needle bearing
may have fa lieu out of place and the bearing must
be re1neved and needle repositioned.
8. Install lock rings.
9
Commercial Chassis Universal
Joint Yokes
Wear
ill
the drive hoe afrer high mileage usaaliy
becomes noticeable as a click at the splines and
splineways
of
the
universal joint yoke on the
transmission malnshaft, and a' lice oniversel Joint
Fig. l'-l
Fnatalflog
Ronnge
Fig. -H
75
n
Si Propeller
Shot,
-
Dilesiembled

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