Chevy 2500HD Carrier Bearing Replacement 

You are the best sir this method will work for my c10 I’m gonna try it out today

i have been researching replacing these and I think you are the first person that showed a way to not take it to a shop to get it pressed on and the old one taken off or someone just taking a grinder after it

Great video! Thank you for saving me money partner. 12ton harbor freight press, harbor freight bearing puller, and a 1-1/2 pvc pipe from Home Depot. I only removed the 2 bolts on the carrier and it slide out. First time 2hr job

Your video was the first ever watched regarding changing out the carrier bearing... I watched about 10 more videos and everybody looks like savages removing the drive shaft and banging away and cutting with all types of tools. I'm going to link your video and everybody else's video because people need to know that there is an easier way to do it rather than being a Savage. LOL

Thanks for the video, I attempted this on my vehicle and the bearing wouldn’t budge. We tried several different ways to get it off with no success until we cut it. Unfortunately in the process of cutting it we did damage the metal underneath the bearing(can’t remember the name for it 😅) I filled the marks with some JB weld in hopes that’ll be enough. Using the pvc pipe worked like a charm though until it got stuck in the new bearing collar… 🙄 so make sure your pvc pipe goes in and out real easy before pounding on it. My truck has like 250k on it so maybe that why it was so hard to get off. Going to reinstall everything here soon and hopefully everything works ok. I bought the AC Delco gold part off Amazon for $36. My local Chevy dealer wanted $360 for the OE part so at ten times the cost I figure the cheaper part was worth a shot. If I had to do this again I might just spend the money to buy a press, if the damage to my driveline makes it fail then I won’t have saved any money and will have to buy a new driveline. Just my 2 cents. Good luck

Best video for this component on YT. Two thumbs up. 👍👍 And thanks for making it!

Thanks for the lesson! Great information and real easy to follow. I have a 2001 GMC 2500HD 4x4 and my carrier just went out at 222,000 miles.

If you still have the truck, I'd check your driveshaft geometry. That doesn't sound good that it dies quickly. See if the rear end isn't cocked to one side or like the engine and transmission are straight. Also if the driveshaft isn't bent, that one would seem more obvious because it probably shake the truck apart. Also the drive shaft angles too, your ujoints would probably cack it after that too and also shake the truck too. Just ideas.

Great video! No BS and straight to the point on how to do a complete job including the little stuff like the clamp and rotating driveshaft. Thank you Sir!

Great video .Good demonstration and detail.

Great video..I'm going to tackle this tomorrow. SO GLAD it popped in feed..

Other videos I’ve seen use a press I thought I would need too but after watching your video I am confident in doing it myself

Ole timer😉..... you just taught me something !! I really appreciate that help there sir....

I was quoted $450 at a drive shaft shop to change my 2007 GMC2500hd Classic. I think your video just saved me $450, thank you very much.

Very helpful video thanks a lot brother!

TCF my bearing was in good shape,it was the rubber bushing that failed. I can't really complain at close to 300,000 and the truck is used to pull a 40'gooseneck loaded and over several mountain passes every week up here in Wyoming an Idaho country. Ps freezing the Carrier and any U-joints may make installation a bit easier. Thanks for the detailed information 👍👍🇺🇲

Need to do this to a 06 3500 but im gonna apply everything in this video inwtead it teying to sawzall like everyone else on youtube. Great video!

Cool video brother. Stay safe.

Thanks for the good video, in the process of doing mine right now lol

Very helpful. Need to change mine.

thank you !!!!!! I was up and going in a hour.

Thanks for the video it worked for me just the way you said 👍

Excellent idea with the metal plate. ❤✔ AND the plastic pipe. See guys, you gotta be creative.

Good Video. Thanks for sharing.

Great video good sir!!!

I got one from my local parts store. It has a Steel brace across the bottom the one the transmission shop put in only lasted about 15,000 miles

The only thing I would add to this video. Which note you did a great job showing people that they can change this at home. Is I pull both driveshafts as a whole. Then take a marker drawing a straight line between the two. Making it seamless to re time the shafts

Oh and yeah new parts can be trash too. Like another guy here on the tube says "you know what new means? It means never ever worked" lol.

Awesome job

Nothing like the satisfaction you get by doing it yourself. Also, I think you made the right decision to go with OEM part.

This video was very amazing, and I saw that I have the same badass truck. Fucking mint 👌

Thanks for sharing

I've got to Install one on my 74 C10... Thanks for easier way.

you are absolutely correct I had U joints on my brain my apologies

Chevy calls those "carrier bearings"? I only knew the ones in the diff called that. Really helpful video regardless.

Awesome!!

One possible point of failure is Kroil penetrating oil getting into the new bearing and breaking down the grease. Can't tell for sure in this video but it's a possibility.

Thanks your very through

Yours has a nice little boot to cover the slip joint, yet here mine has a cap that I had to knock off to separate the two halfs and is now in the way of the bearing coming off. Do I just cut it and put a sleeve in its place or what? Ps. It has rubber on the inside of it and is smaller than the end of the driveshaft.

So much of the parts sold aftermarket lack basic quality and this is by design. Many times I have experienced new parts that simply didn’t work right out of the box. The last was a oil pressure sending unit I purchased on line because it was sold as OEM and was packaged accordingly. Before I retired the fleet shop I worked in got several front hub bearings that failed in record time, first set in less than 20 miles second set less than 100 yards third set as the truck was being backed out of the shop. Never experienced this 20 years ago with the frequency it seems to be occurring in these strange times. U tuber I believe he is known as uncle Tony did a video on this , a new rotor totally separated that could have been lethal .

Thank you, very much! It's the best video for do it yourself.

Thanks

Need to get the drive shaft balanced. If the gm bearing goes out aswell

Do you know if the 2005 Chevy Express 1500 cargo van has the double spline in both the trans and rear end?

Jan 4 2024. Need to replace mine. What brands were junk and did the ac Delco work out better?

Wondering if you could tell me what would happen if you installed the spline wrong. Like forcing it in?

Hi what carrier brand did you use oringal or acdelco etc .Ty.

Would the double spline be the same on a ford?

Looks more like a 1/4” plate from here.

Is the bearing still hanging in there?

probable cause of part failure may be that you didn't mark the two parts and reassemble as they were taken apart and now the driveshaft is no longer balanced they are balanced at the factory as one unit

What is the part number on that

very possible driveshaft needs balance have to balance both sections that's way bearings not lasting

someone worked on that center support before and left the splash shield off

The reason your carrier bearings failed is because they are made in China. The genuine GM parts should be fine. Dont confuse the AC Delco "Gold" replacement parts with genuine GM OE parts. Most AC Delco Gold replacement parts are just repackaged aftermarket, and much of it is Chinese crap. I just bought a carrier bearing for an old square body crew cab, and of course no OE GM parts are still available. I found that the National Bearings brand unit is made in Mexico, but the good news is that the bearing itself that resides in the assembly is made in USA! So, if you want a US made bearing and a North American made/assembled unit, check out the National parts.

6:41 I would thinks this method would dent or damage the drive shaft???

its called master spline

What size are your tires?

You didn't put inside dust shield it going to go in another 30.000 miles.

Está bien pero no le entiendo hablan en ingles no 1:45 y 1:57 1:58

Shaft vibration.may be need be rebalance. Wore out the bearing.

Can't you just push out and replace the bearings

its not called carrier bearing, its called "center support bearing" okay!

Factory gm is just as crappy as cheap chinese stuff. Why? Because it IS the same stuff.

They are premature failing because of how you are installing the new one. I’d bet money on it bud. You aren’t suppose to hit the bearing or race of a bearing with any force. Can easily cause failure. Which makes sense as to why yours has so much play in them. Otherwise good video

Should have bought a Ford.