Took the old beast into get aligned only to find out the 3 of 4 ball joints are bad. Started to tear into it yesterday to find a bad U-joint, an axle seal leaking and a questionable hub bearing.

I can not get the hub bearings out on either side. I am to the point that I don't care about the bearings since one was bad anyways. I have tried hitting the bolts with a hammer, the power steering trick, and I even hit the wheel hub with a sledge since it looked like someone already had tried that. I am in day two of soaking them every couple hours in PBR blaster with no luck at all. Anyone got any other ideas? I really need this thing back together for work this week if possible.

Thanks

2002 2500 4x4 FYI

 

did you get the hub bearing out yet ,i tried all of the same things and use a torch they are rusted in place, you must replace them , got mine at napa $245 each. clean the yolks and antiseize

 

I hate to take a torch to the knuckles especially after the amount of PBR blaster I have sprayed on them. Amazon has the oreily's brand bearings for 158 and timkens for 201. BUT that doesn't help me right now since I still can not get either side.

 

I had that happen a couple times. I took my 4" grinder with a cut-off wheel and made a slice between the spindle and the hub bearing at two opposite corners where the bolts come through. Make the cuts pretty deep. That will give you a spot to start a chisel in and wedge it out by driving the chisel in. start with small chisel that doesn't taper much.

 

I dunno, when it glows it goes in my book. I had one really stubborn one in my old 1500 that I borrowed an acetelene torch for. Nice even heat, cooled the bearing with a wet rag and it practically fell out, wasn't quite glowing but pretty close. 2 days before that trying to pound in chisels, soaking in PB, power steering tricks, you name it. Good luck, these front ends suck sometimes to get apart.