2002 Dodge Cummins Wheel Bearings Installation - Videos and Photos
 

Going to have to replace my Front Passenger side wheel bearings

Thats me , Too bad these are over $300 :argh:

You will need the whole hub.

Start putting kroil on it now.

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There are 4 (12 point [15 mm deep] if I remember correctly) bolts that bolt the hub to the rotor - hit them with some penetrating oil.

If yours are like mine were then don't forget the sledge hammer,and your lunch.
You can put pressure on the hub bearing from the rear by using a extension and socket and turning the steering wheel to wedge it,be careful,you can bend things....
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Don't let them put you on they're mailing list,they send you stuff every frickin week it seems like.

Thanks for the Heads up on the price !

No sweat,I'm all about where to get stuff free...if not free then I like it cheap.:w2:

You might as well do your axle u-joints while you're in there. :upup:

Check your ball joints over REALLY good before you start too. Might need them.

Has new upper and lower MOOG ball joints already

My front U-joints made it over 400k already,not sure why everything is lasting so good.:humm: might be cause I rarely use 4 wheel hop.

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Not trying to hijack,but where the heck can a guy get a rebuild kit for the control arms?

Make sure that you have plenty of anti-sieze there, when you get it out clean up the hub really good and then coat it with anti-sieze on both the hub and the bearing. We had to use a 15# slide hammer on TJ's (getblown5.9) wheel bearings a while back and one came out after about an hour of working on it, the other seperated the bearing, not fun to get the other part of the bearing out.

I'm thinking about making a "tool" (AKA big ass slide hammer) for bearing removal.

After 8 years of road salt we had to pound my rotors off with 4 pound hammers.

Here's us trying to T.J's off with the BFSH. It came off in pieces.
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Not a fun job, i was too drunk to swing the hammer. So we let Leonard do it.

Dang I am concentrating hard in those pictures. :humm:

I've heard of people just unbolting those things and taking them off,never seen it happen yet.

The first time I doubt it will just come off, if you use PLENTY of anti-sieze it will come out easily any other time it has to come out. Just remember if you are not silver you have not used enough. :w2:

I think I still have some pics kicking around from that job...

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I wasnt lucky enough to have access to a hoist....

this is going to suck

Its not too too bad - one thing, make sure you dont pull the axle shaft out too far, or you will knick the seal. Small knick is ok, it will likely seal. But a big one isnt good. Dont ask me how I know this. Also, the hub/rotor come off as one piece. Then seperate it after its off the truck.

What are ya complaining about???, its probably tshirt weather down there.

lol yeah right 49* right now

EXACTLY - T-shirt weather !

70* is teeshirt weather

49* is a little too warm for a shirt when you are hammering on that thing.

Doing these tomarrow , I will video tape the install

probably easier just to change out the whole front end quicker too

Done , and i took video ! gimme some time to edit and upload maybe tomarrow b4 its ready

Video is done , RENDERING NOW then probably 30 mins to upload and 10 mins to get Ok'd

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Thats Completely different than mine was

02's you dont have to take off the 4 bolts to get the rotor off, you got lucky in that aspect:choochoo:

Video is still uploading its over 120MB :argh:

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will be up with in the hour

Cool, givin the new server a workout... :lol88:

Giving my interwebs connection a work out took me like 2 hours to upload it

Nice vid! :U: Pretty sweet you got it done in under 10 mins... :w2:

roflmao !

I had to change a wheel bearing yesterday morning in the yard outside a truck shop(they didn't have time to look at it till tomorrow and I wanted to go home) thankfully the last time it was out we put the antiseize to it and it almost fell out when I loosened the bolts off,I usually just loosen the bolts and find an old socket and ext. and beat them out from the back side ,when we finished changing it we went into the shop to find out how much we owed the guy for the use of a few tools and he offered me a full time job if i could change a front wheel bearing that quick (less than an hour):U:

Must be nice to have a garage...

Good job on the vid.


BTW, a claw hammer is for pounding nails...:w2: