Changing the universal joint on a Renault 4L

With the vehicle on the ground, completely unscrew the universal joint nut

If your rims are solid, remove the wheel, raise the vehicle and ask someone to brake.

Raise the vehicle and remove the wheel

In order to avoid draining the box, you can put the vehicle "biased" (the side with the cardan shaft has changed higher than the other)

Remove the 2 upper ball joints (Steering and suspension)

Extract the universal joint on the wheel side by pushing it towards the box

It works perfectly, you have to play with the angle of the cardan

Then pull the gimbal towards you to remove it

Check that the new universal joint is identical to the old one in number of teeth but especially in total length (This is played out at 5mm)

Proceed to reassemble the universal joint in the reverse order to removal.

If the new gimbal is too long, assembly will be impossible with this technique, a good way to notice this too :)