how to check carrier bearing

thats how you check it...

too much movement

 

yep agree its stuffed, buy a new one, my truck is at mechanic right now getting a new one fitted, its one of those jobs that i will pay a professional to do.

 

Yep, time for a new one.
Getting the old one off is way more fun when you are in an air conditioned waiting room watching somebody else do it.

 

woo are they that hard to do???? i just looked at the 1 on the dump and it has a little movement in it and i have a viber. at about 55/60 i feel it right under the cab and thought about it...about how much does 1 cost??? thanks mike

 

well next time i will do it myself because my mechanic could not get the old one off so he just got a grinder / hack saw and cut it off, (i could have done that myself).

 

Here in Oz the bearing was $100.00 and three hours labour

 

well, thats kinda how you get them off. that or a blue wrench....

 

Another give away is the rubber posts that hold the bearing away from the casing, if those are broken and sagged its a good sign that its out.

 

They have a nasty habit of seizing themselves to the driveshafts..... If you dont have the means to cut them off I would pay a shop to do it