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Carrier Bearing Removal
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This step was one which I had much difficulty. A bearing separator does not fit behind
the bearing because the bearing sits flush with the carrier. There
are two recessed
areas behind the bearing, but I found them too small to be able to grab on to. So, I had
to improvise.
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- Using a cut off tool (or a hacksaw blade or whatever you can use to cut metal) cut the cage which holds
the bearings onto the inner race. Remove the cage
and all of the bearings (if they haven't flown out on
their own.) You will be left with only the inner race still pressed onto the carrier surface.
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Cut the bearing cage with a cut off tool or a hack saw blade.
The bearings will fall right out.
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Once you have cut the cage and removed the bearings this
is the inner race that will still be pressed onto the housing. Notice
the lip at the top of the race.
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- On the end of a two jaw gear puller place a small socket on the end of the center bolt.
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Craftsman two jaw gear puller with small socket on the end of the center
bolt. The reason the socket is used on the end is to make sure that the puller
does
not spin off center and cause the tool to break down. Do not even bother
to use a cheap brand puller as it will bend in half under the pressure.
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- Place a large socket (I used a 32mm front wheel drive axle nut socket) in the middle of the carrier so
that it catches the carrier surface but clears the
inner carrier bearing race. Then, set up the bearing separator
so that it catches the top lip of the inner carrier bearing race, as described above.
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The bearing separator and socket set up on the carrier race. Notice
first the bearing separator catching the top lip of the carrier race.
Next notice
that the 32mm socket is placed with large opening
at the top and is inside the carrier race resting on the carrier surface.
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- Set up the gear puller so that the center bolt and small socket rest inside the larger socket and the
jaws grab onto the sides of the bearing separator.
From there, tighten the center bolt and the carrier
race should pull off.
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Gear puller set up on the carrier race.
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The only step that I had to use over the step above was that I needed to cut a slit in the carrier race before it would
pull off. Once I did this the carrier race
pulled off. I did, however, nick the carrier surface with the cut off tool as I did
this. I do not think that it will ever come back to bite me on the ass, but I think
you should try to pull the race off as described
above and if that fails either heat up the race with a torch or cut into it, and then pull it off.
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Back to Contents
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Axle Bearing Removal and
Installation
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