I was driving home last night and after about five minutes of driving, the truck starts shaking horribly and speed drops from 60 to 35 mph with the cruise set. I pull over to the side of the road and smoke is rolling out of my rear tire. The drum brake on my driver's side seized up, so I drove home (5 miles) at 20 mph with the tire intermittently locking up and skidding. Boy was I nervous. (had a couple beers at the bar). Get it into my uncles body work /automotive shop a block from the house and look it over. I need: Brake Shoes, Drums, 1 Wheel bearing for drivers side and a carrier bearing. WTF... I guess I found that vibration I have been complaining about for awhile.

 

Ugh....You should do both sides at the same time.

 

Damn that sucks. Replacing the bearing is not that hard of a job, just time consuming and a pain because you have to remove the axle shaft.

 

Yea, just got the axle shaft out. Passenger side shoes and drum is done. The carrier bearing is going to suck... lol

 

be sure to take pics of the job. I'm curious how the axle shaft actually comes out. I know you have to remove the diff cover and take off a c-clip, but is that it?

 

Damn, I just saw this reply. I never thought to take pics. I can take pics of how to fill the diff with fluid?? lol

 

Glad to hear it's only a wheel bearing. When that happened to me my stock OEM LSD had seized up, lol.