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Spindle Bearing?

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01mudslinger

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is the inner bearing inside the spindle on the front axle replacable or do you have to get a whole new spindle? I put new Yukon 4340's in the front of my 10 bolt and noticed 4 rusty needle bearings in there and the rest were gone.
 
you can get a spindle kit from a parts store which includes that bearing and a couple seals.
 
They're are replaceable just a pain in the butt to do so. I guess unless you have the tools. I took mine to a machine shop and had them heated and beat out. maybe someone on here knows an easier way to remove.
 
What you need is an SBK-1 kit. This kit gives you the spindle bearing, thrust washer, spindle bearing seal and also the seal that goes over the slinger on the stub shaft.
 
Thanks alot guys, yea ill swing by Advance and pick em up, is there any easy way to get em out, i didnt mess with it long this afternoon but it seemed really tight and like a pain in the butt.
 
01mudslinger said:
Thanks alot guys, yea ill swing by Advance and pick em up, is there any easy way to get em out, i didnt mess with it long this afternoon but it seemed really tight and like a pain in the butt.
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You are getting rid of the old bearing so just collapse the cage of the bearing inside the spindle and push it out with a brass punch. That is how I did mine when I replaced them.

Dik
 
you can rent a slide hammer and bearing puller at autozone to get em out... took like 5 mins to do both on my D60
 
Hey I just figured I'd add this in case anyone is searching for SPINDLE BEARING REPLACEMENT threads in the future... $10 pilot bearing puller from Harbor Freight. Had to grind the teeth down a bit to fit but it pulled the bearings out of the spindles in less time than it took to figure out which wrench I needed to turn it.
 
sandawgk5 said:
You are getting rid of the old bearing so just collapse the cage of the bearing inside the spindle and push it out with a brass punch. That is how I did mine when I replaced them.

Dik
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X2 That's exactly what I did.
 
If you are talking about the outer/female race, just knock it out with a drift/punch/screwdriver/chisel, etc. No heat.
If you have any kind of cut-off disc tool, like a Dremel, cut the old race parallel to the axis of rotation. Cut it through such that it's a circular spring. You can use that as your "beat-on-it" tool to drive in the new race(s).:wink1:
 
yep great father/son team. dad had his own drive line shop for years. and worked at a ford dealer ship for years. so he has tons of contacts. thats how he is able to get good deals and lots of invatory.

super guys and good prices.
 
sweetk30 said:
yep great father/son team. dad had his own drive line shop for years. and worked at a ford dealer ship for years. so he has tons of contacts. thats how he is able to get good deals and lots of invatory.

super guys and good prices.
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I was supicious of Chinese junk, but since you know them, they're good to go. I'll bookmark these guys.:D
 
talked to the father for more than 1hr . he gets lots of stuff from return wharehouse buys. all dealer ships return to 1-2 places. then every year thay do closed bid on trailer loads of stuff. thats most of his stuff from like ford and likes.

then his drive line days contact he still uses for dana spicer stuff.

just totaly cool guys. and super deals. in my eyes. hell 2 60 joints are same price as local with tax at my shop/mechanic price. and other stuff he is better.

if you dont see it ask them. thay have loads and loads of stuff. cant list it all at once.
 
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