Ok, i am waist deep into my passenger side and i need some information
i used a puller to get the unit bearing off [ of course it seperated] i have 2 new ones ready to go, i ended up cutting my ball joints with a grinder and pressing the 4 halfs out of the nuckle and axel saddle
i previously had new lug studs pressed into the new bearings- but it looked like they are pressed thru both the bearing and the rotor on a 1999- so i will have to have them redone- is this correct ??
my question is do the new ball joints press into the nuckle or axel saddle or both at once- i read mr gadgets write up- but i think my 1999 is a little different than his newer truck
what order do they go back in on a 1999?
thanks for any and all help- i will be back on this monday- i figured i will make all the mistakes on the first side and second side should be easier- i hope

 

If a 99 is like a 98 which is should be from what I have read, the ball joints get pressed in to the knuckle facing up(snap ring groove to the ground) Not sure about the studs, but the Hub and the rotor came of as one piece on my 98.

When I did mine I did the following

I installed the balljoints in the knuckle then installed the knuckle on the axle. Make sense, if you have an email addy I can send you some snaps out of the 1998 Factory Service manual that will help you along. I just checked and the brake rotor should go on the back of the hub bearing with the studs coming through the rotor then the hub. Make sense.

 

You're new bearings didn't come with new wheel studs?

 

no- my hubs did not come with new lug studs- not all of them do, from what i saw when i was shopping them.