I love all the professional mechanics chiming in and talking shit. You guys do great work, their just ticked off your doing it on your own. Hind sight is 20/20 it's so easy to stand back and make comments about someone else when your hands ain't getting dirty the shits flying.

Always nice to see a calm, methodical approach.

Saving the day 8 years later thanks bud

THANKS FOR THE VIDEO we replaced our center bearing and it failed 2 days later didn't know about the double spline this video helped a lot thanks again

I don’t have a press. I removed the rubber like you did, sprayed the bearing with PB blaster, and went to town on it with an air hammer. After a bunch of banging with that hammer, it eventually started to move, and off it came! Just a tip for anyone without a press

In today's society we have to be our own mechanic, doctor, & attorney 😔

Nice Video, very clear, very helpful. Thanks a lot

Did mine a week ago, I bought a shop press from HF to pull the old support bearing off. After the replacement my 2500 drives much smoother, and now I have a 20 ton shop press to start breaking thing!!!

When removing chevy drive shafts 32 spline is the most common but they always made one larger tooth so that it only goes together 1 way

THANKN YOU. GOT ONE COMING IN.

Thanks for the info

Holy rust Batman

Thanks for sharing

dude you got lucky mine almost exploded the whole damn press and bearing separator..... lmao........... i actually have the same press and separator you have................. good video to anyone watching because this is the only way you are going to take it off........... and by the way, buy the $80 bearing and not the cheap one. the $80 one is identical to the one that came off at oreilly

Did this today and now I have a bad clunking coming from the driveshaft. I wounder what went wrong.

so my truck is just about as rusty as this one. wondering the risk of putting a lift kit on it... Any advice?

Where can I find the rear driveshaft for my 2000 Chevy Silverado 2500 with 21 spline?

AWESOME VIDEO OF WHAT NOT TO DO TO A DRIVESHAFT BRAVO!!!

very cool

i had to do this today on my dodge. used a vice and an air hammer to press it out and the new one on.

Hello, thanks for the video! I have a question, I'm doing the same job but on a much larger truck. has a two piece drive shaft witch is about 15 feet long or close to it. The problem is where the two pieces of the shaft should come apart, where you then see the blue grease. It is seized solid, I already tried heating it red hot on the end and tried prying it apart while hammering on it with an air chisel. I could try a jackhammer??!!

Wish you woulda mentioned what size of wrench you used.

So what was the size of ID of bearing

Today I figured it out how to replace driveshaft center support bearing of GMC SAVANA . What I discovered is you cannot replace it until you cut it. You press it. There's no bolts. It's a shield type welding. Inside.

Yeah...some of those are a P.I.T.A.! I do mechanical repairs at work..and did one of these today. Same set up with the press and seperator, and mine DID bend! That sucker came off though with thunderous bang! Everybody in the shop thought I broke something or hurt myself..lol

was not sure if had to pull the whole shaft thinks I have a press looks easy

i did a rebuild on a caterpillar 950h single loader frame I had to weld the main pin boss bushes to get them out and use liquid nitrogen to get the new ones back in with a sledge hammer haha

my truck has a whinging sound at 90 km a hour,,would this be my problem as i thought it was the rear end but had the oil changed and that never fixed my trouble

how do i go about getting a boot like the one you had on that drive line? Mine doesnt have one and a metal ring keeps comming out of the center(carrier) bearing (just put new one in today and its ring flopped out too). I was told that i need the boot to help keep that ring inside the bearing. But I dont know the name of the boot or how to get one.

very informative

Do you remember how thick the spacer between the bearing and the crossmember was ?

I love the way they skipped the hardest part! I saw them remove the clips off the yolk, then spray it, but what happened to pressing out the U-joint from the actual yolk?? That's is the most difficult part of it all, especially for the at home mechanic

did it vibrate after that? was it in balance from when you put it back together.

I have essentially the same truck, what size is the inside diameter? I have no clue which one to order since there's 2 (1.37" aka 35mm or 1.57" aka 40mm). Thanks

Mine does not have the double marking can anyone help plz?

I don't have a press I use a torch to cut it out just like spindle bearings it's easy enough with a cutting torch

can you just replace the rubber support?? I don't think my bearing is bad, just hear thumps when I hit bumps, because of the torn rubber support

What where the symptoms? I have a 2002 2500 crew cab long bed the sound like something loose only when driving

how hard should the lower shaft be to separate from the propeller shaft? Mine is stuck hard. The guys that replaced the bearing reassembled and I don't think they checked for spline alignment. Possible to bang it back on if the keyed grooves don't line up?

Did you have too balance the drive shaft at all that's my only concern but great detail in the video

Does that baring cost it to sound like a bell n vibrate

carrier bearing correct?

be careful taking those retaining clips off...if they break you might be screwed

Anyone ever rebuilt a driveshaft out of 03 GMC 3500 16 foot Penske box truck?

just cut the bearing off and hammer the new one on

So basically take it to a driveline shop.

I just had this done about 30k miles ago and it has failed again. Any suggestions on what would cause a new one to fail in less than 2 years of freeway driving?

you know the make tools to take those clips off? you look like a back yard mechanic prying off those clips and letting them just fly away like that.

Your video is the second video I watch to change out the carrier bearing. Your process is a bit savage. Plus you used a bunch of tools and procedures that are geared towards someone who has a shop with big equipment. To me, after having seen the first video, when you first marked THE OUTER dust cap many believe that this was not something that you guys have done before.

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Clown shop

Fucking salt belt shit ruined rigs

Did this today and now I have a bad clunking coming from the driveshaft. I wounder what went wrong.