Money pit.....BALL JOINTS
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Money pit.....BALL JOINTS
Just when i get some money saved for some upgrades, my truck desides to blow out the ball joints, so bad that my wheel is about to fall off. my question is, do i need a special tool to pull the wheel bearing from the housing? what is the easyest way to replace them? i onley need to replace the lower pass side, but i am going to do all 4 while im at it. i've replaced ball joints on my old truck before and had no problem, but i here these newer hubs are a bitch to get out....that why i am asking. has anyone done thes? should i do it myself or just have a shop with an lazer rack do the repair and alighnment...$$$$$
Last edited by 392hemix; 03-16-2009 at 07:36 PM.
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i had my dad make me a puller that uses the wheel studs to bolt a plate to then i welded a nut on the plat got a 3 foot piece of all thread and a 20 pound bar drilled the bar for the all thread to pass through put a nut on the other end and then just give er a whack itll pull the bearing hub out lickty split.
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These unit bearing/hubs can be a slight PITA to get off. When i rebuilt my front end i had to pull both off, one came off easy and the other was being a total B%$#, a little heat with the torch and it slid right out...
I guess another thing you could do if you have a welder handy is to make a slide hammer attatchement that has a lugnut on the end of it (i have about 50 different ends for my home made slide hammer, one for every occasion!)
I guess another thing you could do if you have a welder handy is to make a slide hammer attatchement that has a lugnut on the end of it (i have about 50 different ends for my home made slide hammer, one for every occasion!)
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94cummins12v (03-21-2009)
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I just bought my ball joints so im gonna have to wait till they go again.....using your steering box to break the hubs loose is a bad idea. it screws up your box, i just bought the hub removal tool from napa, its made by otc and was 108 bucks, works like a charm and no damage to your steering box. i wish i had the money for the old locking hub conversion thoe, i had to replace my hub bearing and that thing was 300 bucks wtf after i finished, it cost me 500 for the hub bearing, tool, uper and lower ball joint and the axle joint. but shes good to go for another 50,000 i hope