Help with removing rear knuckle needed
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From: WATERFORD CT
Help with removing rear knuckle needed
Hello,I folowed the dirrections in my Haynes manual and it still seems to be held on by something.Does the U joint have to be undone or something?The manual says that it will slide off the spindle but it wont even budge
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From: San Diego , CA Double Yellow DirtBags 1985..Z51..6-speed
You need to remove the 3 T-55 torx bolts that thread into the backside of the bearing.... 1 lower camber arm bolt, 2 control arm bolts, 1 spring bolt, 1 sway bar end link bolt, lower shock nut, spindle nut and pin, and toe/tie rod nut, and unhook ebrake cable.
So if you have 8 bolts and 8 nuts removed, pull.
So if you have 8 bolts and 8 nuts removed, pull.
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If the halfshaft/yoke is still stuck in there,and you removed everything,youre prob gonna need to use a Puller to push the yoke out of the bearing.Thats all I can think of since Im not entirely sure in my head what you did/didnt remove.
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From: San Diego , CA Double Yellow DirtBags 1985..Z51..6-speed
Originally Posted by montie98
The bearing is connected to the knuckle so why should it not come out as one unit?
