pinion bearing help
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From: Jacksonville fl
pinion bearing help
I have a bad front pinion bearing and need some advice how to get the old one out
I have the drive shaft and yoke and seal removed but I don't can't get the bearing out. any ideas
I have the drive shaft and yoke and seal removed but I don't can't get the bearing out. any ideas
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If you only want to remove the front, cone and rollers, it should come out the front, where you're working. If you want to replace the front bearing, cup, and/or the pinion rear bearing the diff has to come out of the car and be disassembled.
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Yes I only want to replace the front roller bearing. But I can't get it out of the housing. It seems to be too tight a fit to just slide out. I can't find a puller that will fit inside of the housing and grab the bearing
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You won't be able to change the cup, as I said, but that is the way the cone and rollers go in. And that's where it comes out. It has a tight fit onto the pinion, but not a press fit. When the diff is coming a part on the bench, it usually takes a tap with a hammer and a drift to push the pinion out of the bearing. It sounds like there's a patch job going on, here.
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Originally Posted by CFI-EFI
Reread my last post. If you can get a good enough grip on the cone and rollers they should come out. But it is very unlikely, that you'll get the outer race (cup) out.
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Originally Posted by mpick
Thats the problem I am having. Finding a puller with long enough and thin enough arms.
I really don't want to tear the whole rear end apart if I don't have to.
I really don't want to tear the whole rear end apart if I don't have to.
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Originally Posted by tjwong
I don't think its possible to remove the race from the housing. Even if you are able to remove the bearing from the pinion shaft.
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Originally Posted by mpick
Thats the problem I am having. Finding a puller with long enough and thin enough arms.
I really don't want to tear the whole rear end apart if I don't have to.
I really don't want to tear the whole rear end apart if I don't have to.
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I am not attempting this anymore. I thought it would come out easy but since it didn't I have decided to rebuild the whole rearend.
I just want to make sure I don't buy some noisy gears. I have heard that richmond gears are noisy. I have found a complete rebuild kit with strane gears for a good price but I can't find anyone who has ever used strange gears
Nothing for you to regret. It was a good question in retrospect
I just want to make sure I don't buy some noisy gears. I have heard that richmond gears are noisy. I have found a complete rebuild kit with strane gears for a good price but I can't find anyone who has ever used strange gears
Nothing for you to regret. It was a good question in retrospect
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A hundred tears ago, Bob Stange, the owner of Strange Engineering, was a friend of the GM of U. S. Gear. I would suspect Strange was selling U. S. Gears. Back then U. S. wasn't into Hi Po gears, but their gears were VERY good. I'd be surprised if they still weren't.
It sounds like you've made a wise decision in your change of methods.
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It sounds like you've made a wise decision in your change of methods.
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Originally Posted by CFI-EFI
A hundred tears ago, Bob Stange, the owner of Strange Engineering, was a friend of the GM of U. S. Gear. I would suspect Strange was selling U. S. Gears. Back then U. S. wasn't into Hi Po gears, but their gears were VERY good. I'd be surprised if they still weren't.
It sounds like you've made a wise decision in your change of methods.
RACE ON!!!
It sounds like you've made a wise decision in your change of methods.
RACE ON!!!
