Front u-joint won't line up

gatertamer

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Any idea why my front u-joint won't line up? Is there a trick to the socket yoke?

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They can be pressed in crooked which you have done it appears. I Personally allow alignment of both caps on the cross before pressing the caps all the way in, otherwise the odds of the cross catching a roller is pretty good. When that happens you don't know until you try to seat the caps fully and find it wont go because a roller is laying in the bottom of the cap and the U joint is damaged