A universal joint for interconnecting two rotatable shafts comprises a first fork assembly, first and second fork half members, each having a first end with a cylindrical hub portion and an opposite wider end having bounding side wall flanges which are adapted to engage over a hub nut which is engageable over one of the shafts, the half portions being assembled around the hub nut and the shaft and being clamped thereto and a similar assembly of third and fourth fork members which are connectable to the other shaft in a similar manner and which also includes a cross link which has a first set of diametrically opposite rotational pins rotatably supported with respect to cylindrical hub portions of the first and second fork half members, and a second set of rotation axis pins rotatably supported in respective cylindrical hub portions of the third and fourth fork half members, and wherein the construction includes half forks which are advantageously made of U-shape cross section and comprise thin stamped metal sheets.