Hooke joint installations

Hooke joint installations

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100SRV

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241 months

Friday 3rd July 2015
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Hi,
interested to know why all the hooke joint installations I've seen on American built vehicles use u-bolts to retain the bearing cups whilst the UK (can't speak for elsewhere) seem to prefer solid flanges and retaining the bearing cups with circlips.

The latter method appears to be the stronger of the two.

100SRV

stevieturbo

17,229 posts

246 months

Friday 3rd July 2015
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100SRV said:
Hi,
interested to know why all the hooke joint installations I've seen on American built vehicles use u-bolts to retain the bearing cups whilst the UK (can't speak for elsewhere) seem to prefer solid flanges and retaining the bearing cups with circlips.

The latter method appears to be the stronger of the two.

100SRV
Like a universal joint ? Hardy Spicer ?

Some do, some dont. It makes more sense for them to be easy taken apart though to replace the joints when needed

They're probably more common in the US as there are more vehicles using them, doing harder work and higher mileage, so makes sense for them to be easy replaced