03 Ball and axle joint replacement.
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03 Ball and axle joint replacement.
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
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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
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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?
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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.
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