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Join Date: Jul 2005
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carrier bearing
Well, I think I blew my carrier bearing out last night. I felt a driveline vibration as I was cruising home. I have a 2-piece driveshaft in my SWB, probably from the PO putting in a man. tranny. I looked up under the truck and the housing of the carrier bearing has come out the rear of the x-member. I don't even know if this is a stock type carrier bearing. The first pic is a view from the side. The second pic is a side view from the bottom showing how the carrier actually came out through the back and the mount is twisted 90* to the right. What do I need to do to fix this? I haven't fully lifted the truck up and gotten under to do a complete inspection yet. It's so hot here I'm gonna wait till later this afternoon.
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Re: carrier bearing
The spot welds broke. I've done that to a couple, finally figured out to weld the new one up before I put it on. Those tiny spots are ridiculous.
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Re: carrier bearing
I've broken 3 of these and every time I've done it I had to remove the driveline. If yours is like mine, you'll have to have the carrier pressed out and a new one pressed in. It sucks when it breaks. Yours looks like it has the two bolts that hold it in from the top, which is what mine had. Not sure if you can weld it back together with any sort of reliability. Someone else may be able chime in with other info.
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Re: carrier bearing
You'll have to pull the driveshaft, but you can re-weld the top of the carrier bearing housing back on. I had a guy at work use a MIG welder to fix mine about 3 weeks ago. Solid as a rock now.
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Re: carrier bearing
The ones I have been getting from NAPA here are already welded along the sides in addition to the top spot welds,
something to consider when you need a new one.
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Re: carrier bearing
That's good to know Napa's changed.. my last 3 were napa and they were spotted just like this guys.
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Re: carrier bearing
Guys, if you think that is bad...........I am so sick of GM's carrier bearings it is unreal........My Cummins truck eats them as fast as I can put them in. I am going to remove everything from the bellhousing back(All GM) because none of it is holding up. The original carrier lasted longer than the new ones!
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Re: carrier bearing
wow that sucks I just put one in today. Hope it holds up
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Re: carrier bearing
Mine from napa just blew out too. It was welded up all the way but it sheared off where the metal starts to go around the bearing. I think Im going with a one piece shaft to get rid of it this time....
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Re: carrier bearing
I wonder if they are having these made somewhere that the manufacturer is using a cheaper or smaller guage metal? If you don't have a out of balance condition from a bad U-joint those carriers should last a # of years.
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Re: carrier bearing
Hey this is a kindof related question, can you easily use the one piece shaft from a 6 cyl. truck in a V-8 truck with no problems?
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Re: carrier bearing
Throw it all away and have a1 piece made. Its a good fix on a Short bed truck and can also be done on a long bed. I have both and they work perfect. I forgot what a carrier bearing looked like.
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Re: carrier bearing
just found out today that mine is broke. i ordered a new one and should be here in the morning. i hope they don't keep blowing out.
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Re: carrier bearing
I got tired of replacing carrier bearing and got one of these. One thing to check is to make sure your rear end is centered If its not that will eat up carrier bearings as fast as too great a pinion angle will eat U-Joints.
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Re: carrier bearing
hey larry did you make that or buy it? looks bulletproof i like it.
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Re: carrier bearing
I bought it from here: http://www.iedls.com/bearings.html
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Join Date: Apr 2001
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Re: carrier bearing
For a few hundred bucks you can have a nice custom driveshaft made that will solve your problem as well
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Join Date: May 2004
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Re: carrier bearing
I was having problems with my u-joints and carrier bearing. It actually cost me less to have a custom 1 piece drive shaft made and put in with new u-joints than it would've cost to replace the 3 u-joints and carrier bearing.
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