looking for a used stepdown u-joint

dougson

I am cleaning and reassembling my new u-joints for my '54 and one is missing a needle bearing :dry: . Anyone have a used/donor u-joint that I can reuse a few of the needle bearings? I'm sure I'll lose a few more along the way.

lsfirth

Hey Dougson,

Just pulled the rear out of mine. Not sure if all the u-joints are the same or not, but you can have the caps with the bearings in them off of my back u-joint if they'll help!! PM me your address and I'll mail them to you.

Lee

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What?

I would suggest that you bite the bullet, go to napa and just buy a new joint for $10-$15. I don't think mixing needle bearings sounds like a good idea. I would think that putting it together once, and correct is the preferred way. I think although remote, you are just introducing an opportunity of failure to the ujoint, maybe not right away, but likely down the road. Best of luck to you.