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Tom Endy · 01-11-2011, 04:47 PM

What you don't want to do is mount it in the car and before installing the rear end run the engine and try to test it out. Without the U-joint installed it will dump oil all over the place. And if you install the U-joint it will flail all over the place. What we did was take a U-joint apart and install only the front end piece for the test. The U-joint is what holds the bearing snug against the bearing stop.

Tom Endy

01-11-2011, 04:47 PM	#4
Tom Endy Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Southern California Posts: 3,131	Re: pretesting a transmission What you don't want to do is mount it in the car and before installing the rear end run the engine and try to test it out. Without the U-joint installed it will dump oil all over the place. And if you install the U-joint it will flail all over the place. What we did was take a U-joint apart and install only the front end piece for the test. The U-joint is what holds the bearing snug against the bearing stop. Tom Endy