Carrier bearing replacement

[blazercrazy70]

What is the best carrier bearing to put in. Mine is wore out trying to decide what to do. I have a long bed so one piece is out of the question I dropped the truck 5 inches in the rear. I have been looking at the billet one LMC has but looking for input.

[truckdude239]

Best advice I can give is take your shafts to a drive shafts shop have them replace the bearing and check the u joints and have the shafts. Balanced. The balance is what really kill the carrier bearing

[Fldawg]

i would get a good quality hanger bearing, i was buying the made in china ones and went thru 3 of them, then i seen what the probelm was.the spot welds that hold the bearing in place was breaking so i said the next one i get i will weld up on the sides. so i ordered a skf bearing and when i got it. it was made in canada and was welded up like i was going to do and its been in my truck for 2 years now no probelm. the probelm with the high dollar urethane busings is there is no give in them and they like to make noise
just my 2 cents

[ERASER5]

What kind of carrier bearing do you have now? Is it a tear drop style?

Mine is a regular plain jane bearing with a rubber ring clamped between two shells. Stout! Very stout.

I bought a used drive shaft from someone on the board and the carrier had been converted to an industrial pillow block bearing mounted to a piece of angle iron. This setup looked plenty strong and inexpensive. If you are not putting show mirrors under your truck, who would know that you saved a couple hundred bucks?

[leftybass209]

The stock style carrier bearing works just fine. As long as your driveshaft is balanced, you shouldn't have any problems with the original style. That billet carrier is for eye candy.

[blazercrazy70]

thanks for the input will be keeping it simple and try to get something other than china made crap

[BigMike]

Originally Posted by leftybass209

That billet carrier is for eye candy.

I would have to disagree with you on that one. Is it overkill, more than likely, but it certainly is not just eye candy. A chrome stock one would be eye candy, these things are built like a tank!

[Ironangel]

Originally Posted by truckdude239

Best advice I can give is take your shafts to a drive shafts shop have them replace the bearing and check the u joints and have the shafts. Balanced. The balance is what really kill the carrier bearing

^Truck Dude pretty well sums it up!^ I have two 72 LWB Chevy C-10's and and a drive shaft balancing about every 40 years or so is a good idea. As far as the eye candy goes, save yourself the $180 on billet crap, invest on a drive shaft balancing and u-joint replacement with carrier bearing replace and that thing will out last your remaining time on this planet...$200 dollar carrier bearings are reserved for the "rich & what duct tape cant fix!"..."just sayin" ...

[BigMike]

Let's just say that an aluminum extra heavy duty carrier bearing isn't for everyone. Just like lowering or lifting, stock or modified, we all have our differences. Instead of bashing something because you don't like it or can't afford it be happy another C10 is still on the road. BTW it was only $80...lol

I went through 2 carrier bearings's with a new driveline & the 2nd one f'up up my DL so I had to have it rebuilt/rebalanced. Put in the "billet" one and have not had a problem since. I won't be stranded on the side of the road again because of a carrier bearing. Busted spider gears, trashed transmission maybe, but not a carrier bearing....

We're all in this for the love of the truck.

[RManson]

Inland Empire Driveline Service built a telescoping two-piece driveshaft for my '68 Longbed that I installed with their billet support bearing and it was spot on. Well worth the money, IMO.