2005 1500 Hemi long bed automatic Ram. I'm at a loss as to how to replace the carrier bearing. Can I do this without a press? trunk's not running and parts on the driveway. Please help~

 

Welcome to DF. I will move this to the 3rd gen Ram section for you, hopefully get you some help. 2nd Gen = 1994-2001, 3rd gen = 2002-2008.

 

https://dodgeforum.com/forum/3rd-gen...-download.html

theres your service manual. use it lol

 

Thanks!!! =)

 

The manual wasn't any help.

 

it had nothing on changing the carrier bearing?

 

I just had the carrier bearings replaced in my truck, under warranty, by the dealer. They stated that they were completely shot. Found lots of pieces in the dif. Said it took about 5 hours with the lift and an experrienced technician. Would have cost me about $900 +.



"SARGE"

 

Since you got the Service Manual, try looking at page 422

 

What year and is there a recall that you know of?

 

you will need a way to pull or grind off the old bearings from the carrier. And press on new bearings so you WILL need a press. You will also need a backlash adjuster tool and a dial caliper gauge with magnetic base to measure and adjust backlash. If these terms mean nothing to you, take it to a shop or read, read, read. The difficult part is adjusting backlash to within thousandths of an inch. I would recommend measuring backlash BEFORE removing or messing with the carrier. That would ensure you set it back to the way it was.