OK. Does anybody have a trick to get the hub bearing seperated from the steering nuckle? I am trying to change the ball joints but the hub bearing and steering nuckle are siezed together. [:@][:@][:@]

1997 ram 2500 4x4 with Dana 60 axles.

If anybody could help fast I would realy appriciate it. Lower ball joint is toast and I have to get this truck back on the road fast.
THANKS IN ADVANCE

 

put a large screw driver in either side of the rotor and wiggle it.

 

I already have the rotor and the outter bearing out. I am talking about the inner one.

 

do you have a picture?

 

Should have leaft the outer axel shaft on. because if you leave it together you can use the hub bearing bolts to drive the whole assembly out. if you can get it back together. get a crappy 9/16 socet and hit the socket with the wheelbearing bolts backed out but not off. With some elbow grease and patience hiting the bolts an equal distance it will pop out. I do this all the time cause my friends an i seem to eat up the u joints. and my 2wd truck two weeks ago ate up the bearing. And if you use that method you wont wreck the wheelbearing next time. I can get pics if you would want. I am doin a 4x4 now. This ishow my local stealership said to do it when you dont have the special puller.

 

yes pictures please anything you have will help. thanks, I sent you a pm

 

First leave it all together.. Outerstub and bearing. Then back out the 3 bolts that hold it in.. but not all the way. get a crappy 9/16 (cause you will distroy it) an beat on the bolts. The socket keeps the bolt nice. And make sure it is a big hammer.. and kinda beat each bolt about the same. then it wont bind up on the way out. As far as the bearing is concerned.. once you've pulled t apart I would replace or rebuild.

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+1 for the pics.... I'm gonna have to tackle my U-joints this fall

 

Thanks for the advice It helped greatly. I got the hub bearing out of the spindal last night and pressed the oldball jointsout and the new ones in. All I hae to to tonight is put back together. The bottom one was a b@#$! to got out and the new one in.