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carrier bearing
- Thread starter TC4x4
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Need to know what axle. Also the axle shafts will need to be removed first.
The carrier bearings and the wheel bearings rotate at the same RPM or speed, so I wouldn't assume it is the carrier bearings. When either of these bearings go bad they sound the same, because they are rotating the same RPM. I wouldn't assume the worst(carrier bearing).
Your first post said it sounded like it was at the drivers side wheel. It is much easier to check for a bad wheel bearing. It is much harder to check for a bad carrier bearing.
HTH,
Mike
Your first post said it sounded like it was at the drivers side wheel. It is much easier to check for a bad wheel bearing. It is much harder to check for a bad carrier bearing.
HTH,
Mike
BILTIT
1/2 ton status
I believe it has a 8.5 10 bolt 30 spline SF? You will need to remove the c-clips on the inner end of the axles and pull the axles out about 6'' each, then remove the two carrier bearing caps and pull the carrier out. The carrier bearings are on each side of the carrier.
The carrier is preloaded with shims. They have to go back in the right way or your backlash will be wrong. There is very little difference in the thickness, they look the same, so it is really important to understand what you are doing if you take it apart. I would probably check the backlash with a dial indicator after it was reassembled to make sure it was within specs.
Are you sure you have ruled out all the simple solutions? Like UPS said, check the wheel bearings. Also, are you sure it isn't a drive shaft problem? If you have ruled out everything else it may be in the rear end, but the pinion bearing usually fails because of inadequate lubrication before the carrier bearings. I would invest in a repair manual before I tore into the rear end too deeply.
Are you sure you have ruled out all the simple solutions? Like UPS said, check the wheel bearings. Also, are you sure it isn't a drive shaft problem? If you have ruled out everything else it may be in the rear end, but the pinion bearing usually fails because of inadequate lubrication before the carrier bearings. I would invest in a repair manual before I tore into the rear end too deeply.
reddog64
1/2 ton status
didnt you just buy that???
If JUST the carrier bearings are bad, I'd be real surprised. Pretty rare to see bad carrier bearings as opposed to pinion or axle bearings, and neither of those go very often either.
Make sure you confirm the problem before tearing this stuff apart.
Make sure you confirm the problem before tearing this stuff apart.
