I needed to replace the carrier bearing in my 05 Ram 3500. Your video made a lot sense. I bought a new bearing from Dallas Dodge and am awaiting arrival. There was a little rubber left holding my old bearing to the metal frame. I cut it loose with a utility knife. I removed the used carrier bearing with a Dremel tool using an EZ lock metal cutting wheel and mount. It easily cut through the rubber coating and outer race. I cut the race in 2 places and it came right off. The ball bearings came out with a little effort. The inner race took a little more care and I cut it about 3/4 to 7/8 through, taking care not to damage the drive shaft. A tap with a hammer and cold chisel broke the race and it came off without a hitch. I do what I have to to keep my truck running. I hate doing jobs twice and 3 times is not in the cards. The original bearing went 17 years and 315,000 miles. No complaint here.
FYI - My bearing arrived today. It was shipped 3 day priority mail. One day can be shaved off the processing (not mailing) time if a purchaser includes the VIN number with the order. With the new bearing I can see there is a front and back to the bearing assembly. Now to figure that out.
@@ham5483 I had a machine shop press the bearing in place. The shop does a lot of heavy equipment work and it was easy for them. The new bearing made a huge difference in performance.
@@ham5483 FYI - I tried with the correct size PVC and that did not work for me. Rather than try other RU-vid solutions I took the easy way out. It was inexpensive and done right. I would use the machine shop again and also shop for a competitive price on the OEM bearing. I have no interest in repeatedly changing out cheap bearings. It’s just too much work.
got news for yall. my 03 had 250,000 miles on the original. next one got 40,000ish miles got from dodge dealer. last one 10,000 miles got from napa. they seem to be made cheaper.
