Patent ID: 8708831

Claim:
A U-joint arrangement for attaching a propeller shaft to a pinion flange, at least one of the pinion flange and the propeller shaft having a pair of full-round receivers, the U-joint arrangement comprising: a U-joint including a cross member and a plurality of bearing cups rotatably mounted to the cross member, a pair of bearing cups of the plurality of bearing cups having an outer diameter that is substantially less than an inner diameter of the pair of full-round receivers; and a pair of retaining members engaging the pair of bearing cups, each retaining member of the pair of retaining members engaging both an axial end and a circular periphery of a corresponding bearing cup of the pair of bearing cups, the pair of retaining members configured to engage the pair of full-round receivers, the pair of retaining members further configured to support the pair of bearing cups within the pair of full-round receivers when the pair of retaining members are engaged with the pair of full-round receivers.