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Desperately need help asap with center support bearing for 02 ram 1500 2wd MT

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Old Jan 6, 2026 | 06:41 PM
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Default Desperately need help asap with center support bearing for 02 ram 1500 2wd MT

So I got the old one off it was destroyed so I just cut through the small Race not the big spacer and everything slid off easily and I’m ready to put everything back together, but I’m not 100% sure how it goes

There was a bigger thicker spacer that was maybe I don’t know an inch wide and had a groove in it in the outside on the middle that appeared to be put on after the bearing originally, then the new one came with a small metal ring that’s not nearly as wide and I’m assuming that’s what I cut off so I need to replace it

so do I use the old wide spacer also with the new smaller one since it did have both before I’m guessing I do

so then what order do I put it on the shaft? Bearing small race then the wider one?

My truck’s been out of commission for like a month because I had brake problems and as soon as I got the brake problems fixed the bearing exploded so I’m kind of desperate to get it finished tonight so I can go back to work


Any help would be greatly appreciated thank you guys
 
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Old Jan 6, 2026 | 08:54 PM
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So I got the old one off it was destroyed so I just cut through the small Race not the big spacer and everything slid off easily and I’m ready to put everything back together, but I’m not 100% sure how it goes

There was a bigger thicker spacer that was maybe I don’t know an inch wide and had a groove in it in the outside on the middle that appeared to be put on after the bearing originally, then the new one came with a small metal ring that’s not nearly as wide and I’m assuming that’s what I cut off so I need to replace it

so do I use the old wide spacer also with the new smaller one since it did have both before I’m guessing I do

so then what order do I put it on the shaft? Bearing small race then the wider one?

My truck’s been out of commission for like a month because I had brake problems and as soon as I got the brake problems fixed the bearing exploded so I’m kind of desperate to get it finished tonight so I can go back to work


Any help would be greatly appreciated thank you guys
so turns out the “wide one was just the old bearing and I didn’t realize it because of how it fell apart so there’s only the bearing and the spacer or race not sure which t would I actually be called so I’m just trying to figure out if I should put the bearing on first and then the spacer and hammer that down or do the spacer and then the bearing and hammer that down

If anybody does happen to read this and has any tips also how far I like when do I stop hammering?
 
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Old Jan 6, 2026 | 09:33 PM
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Take a look at a parts diagram, should show the order they go in.
 
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