I posted this in the emergency section also. I have my passenger side tore apart on my 03 and I cannot remove the hub assembly. Does the entire axle shaft have to come out on these AAM's or what. I have every bolt out of this thing and it just wont budge. Do I need to pull the diff cover and remove some sort of retainer or what? Thanks

 

You need to push it out form the backside. Put the four bolys back in almost all the way then using a extension between boly abd axle housing use power steering to press bolts pushing bearing assemnly out do one bolt at a time rotating around and backing the bolts out a little more and doing it again till you can remove

 

Thanks alot Booman.

 

What options do I have for manual locking hubs to put in this big piece of $h!t. I am begining to hate this truck! Is there a servicable bearing for these things that doesn't rust solid like these?

 

Heres the options I know of http://www.solidaxle.com/ProductCart...?idCategory=17
http://emsoffroad.com/shop/index.php...82f2832233bcc9
https://store.dynatrac.com/merchant....y_Code=HUBKITS

 

Holy cow I can't afford those! I put the beast back together and ordered 2 front hub assembly's for the next go at it and I am just gonna put new back in. I guess that's just the way it goes on a 180k mile truck.