2005 Buick Rainier Universal Joints

You should support the propeller shaft in a line horizontal with the table of a press, show which end connects to the transmission and which end goes to the rear axle, disassemble the snap rings, tap the end of the cup lightly, place the universal joint and J9522-3 on the open horizontal bearing cups, lift the cross and insert J9522-5 between the seal and the bearing cup you are removing, rotate the propeller shaft, mark the orientation of the slip yoke to the tube for proper reassembly, remove the cross, the remaining universal joint parts, and the bearing cups, inspect the retaining ring grooves and the bearing cup bores and clean the retaining ring grooves.

You should support the propeller shaft in a line horizontal with the table of a press, mark the propeller shaft as to which end is the transmission end and which end goes to the rear axle, place the universal joint, shear the plastic retaining ring on the bearing cup, lift the cross and insert J9522-5 between the seal and the bearing cup, rotate the propeller shaft, mark the orientation of the slip yoke to the tube for proper reassembly, remove the cross from the yoke, the remaining universal joint parts, and the bearing cups, inspect the retaining ring grooves and the bearing cup bores in the yoke ears and clean the remains of the sheared plastic bearing retainers from the grooves in the yoke.