Pontiac firebird 1968 - Page 163

4C-4
1968 PONTIAC SERVICE MANUAL
6. Install snap ring retainer in each journal with
gaps toward rear fixed yoke (Fig. 4C-7).
1. Install two remaining trunnion bearings onto
journal arms, using suitable rubber band or tape to
hold bearings to journal.
INSTALL PROPELLER SHAFT ASSEMBLY
1. Inspect outer diameter of splined yoke to ensure
that It Is not burred, as this will damage transmis-
sion seal.
2. Apply engine oil to inside spline and outside
diameter of yoke and slide propeller shaft splined
yoke onto transmission output shaft.
3. Position rear universal joint to rear axle com-
panion flange, making sure trunnion bearings are
properly aligned in companion flange yoke.
NOTE; Be sure to align mark on companion flange
with mark on propeller shaft rear yoke.
4. Install U-bolts, lockplates (or lockwashers),
nuts and tighten U-bolt nuts to 12 lb. ft* torque (If
lockwashers are used, tighten nuts to 14 lb. ft.
torque).
TORQUE SPECIFICATIONS
Lb. Ft.
U-Bolt Nuts 12 (with lockplates)
14 (with lockwashers)