Today I changed two U joints. There was about half an inch of play in the U Joints. I used a bottle jack and a big punch to pop the caps from the U joints. I have changed U joints couple of times before so there wasn't much new but this time instead of struggling to hold the heavy drive shaft up then putting the caps in which takes two people I tried using a ratcheting strap to hold the drive shaft up. It worked out amazing! Here are some pictures!
That's how I used the strap.
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Ratchet straps are our friends. Good thinking.
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