Rear axle bearing?

Yellow Hammer · Post by **Yellow Hammer** » Fri May 18, 2007 7:21 am

Does anyone have any good info on replacing a rear axle bearing or know where I can find a good right up?

killian96ss · Post by **killian96ss** » Fri May 18, 2007 9:39 am

It's very easy with the RIGHT tools.

I did both rear wheel bearings and seals on my 88 S10 a few months back and it was pretty easy.

You do have to remove the axels which is kind of time consuming but after that the process of removing the seals and bearings doesn't take very long.

Here are some of the tools I used to make the job easy:

Bearing Race and Seal Driver

Rear Axle Bearing Puller Set

A quick (but not complete) explanation of what you do is:

Remove rear diff cover & drain fluid
Remove disc brake rotors & calipers
Remove diff center pin & c-clips
Remove axles by sliding them out each side
Remove wheel bearing seals & bearings

Reverse this process and your done.

Steve

Post by **HenryJ** » Fri May 18, 2007 1:01 pm

The hardest part is removing the bearing from the housing. With a good slide hammer puller it is not too bad sometimes. I have had a few that required a cutting torch to cut the bearing and then pull it. They can be a bear at times.

killian96ss · Post by **killian96ss** » Fri May 18, 2007 1:38 pm

HenryJ wrote:The hardest part is removing the bearing from the housing. They can be a bear at times.

It seems the longer they have been in there the harder they can be to remove.

The OTC kit above that I have used a few times has a 5 pound slide hammer and works pretty good.

The smaller 3 pound hammers might require additional effort.

Too bad they don't make a 10 pound slide hammer.

Steve

Yellow Hammer · Post by **Yellow Hammer** » Fri May 18, 2007 6:52 pm

Good info. Thanks for the help.