carrier bearing

[greystoke]

Has anyone every changed out their carrier bearing? It looks like it would have to be pressed off and pressed back on, any input??

greystoke

[69gumby]

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=324948 If I did this right this is a thread I started when I changed mine last week. If it doesn't work the title was one of those parts nobody sees or cares about till it's broke.

Hope this will help.

[dieselarmy13]

Unless you have a press, you aren't going to get it done right. Do yourself a favor, and have a driveline shop do it for ya. Well worth the fifty bucks it will cast ya.

[69gumby]

One more thing, buy an American made bearing. They cost about twice as much but if you only have to do the job once you win.

[Longhorn Man]

like said above, if you don't have a press, then don't bother. remember that shaft spins 2500 - 3500 RPM when you are on the freeway... you'd never hit your crank shaft with a hammer, so don't hit the shaft with one either.

[69gumby]

X2 NO HAMMERS!!! People get away with it from time to time but use a press if you want it done right.

Also I replace all the u joints while I was at it.

[Scott Webster]

My old one slid off after some PB blaster. I put the new one on using the bolt that comes out when you take it apart. If it hadn't gone together so easily, I would have taken it somewhere to get it pressed on. Definitely don't want to swing a hammer at something balanced.

[70clone]

every time ive done one ive used a hammer you only use a press to get it off they dont press it back on at the shop its real easy to do. here is the write up i did on it. technicaly it was meant to be pressed off, but you wont hurt anything if you do it this way, i just dont see paying someone $50 to do this but then again i run a mobile auto repair business and people pay me $75 to fix there carrier bearings. most of the tim you can just tap the bearing a few times with a hammer and it comes right off. It will take you longer to take it to a shop than it will take you to do the complete job

http://www.67-72chevytrucks.com/vboa...d.php?t=318710

[Longhorn Man]

When you do something for a living is one thing, when you have no clue how it's done... that's another all together.

[70clone]

true but the carrier bearing isnt that serious.its barely even on there. its not like a front wheel bearing on a front wheel drive car.all im saying is it can be done with basic hand tools you cant destroy anything except the old bearing and as far as bending it you have more of a chance hurting the driveshaft doing a basic burnout.

[Longhorn Man]

yet we get kerfagled driveshafts all the time with the customor saying "I was trying to take off this hanger with a hammer..."

[JonnyC10]

I'm in the process of swapping my carrier bearing now and have it all apart. Does the new bearing have to be pressed on or anything? Its the pedestal type. I have the pedestal and the yoke back on but I didn't think about pressing the beating on til after the fact. Do I need to take it back apart and press it on some how or is it ok?

[brad_man_72]

I always used a driver to put the carrier on but you can use the yoke and bolt to press on the carrier bearing. Its not hard to bend the carrier stub they are supposed to be within .002" of straight. After you get your shaft back together in time, have it ballanced as an assembly.
I've built a couple of thousand driveshafts back when that's what I did.

[JonnyC10]

Thanks for the reply. So the yoke sits up against the bearing?

[sduckworth13]

Do you have a shortbed? I just switched over to a one piece and said good bye to the carrier bearing forever. Cost me 147.00 to switch out the u joints, balance, and have it cut down and welded.

[JonnyC10]

Yes, short bed.