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this is never ending. now the steering gear needs replaced

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You guys with front abs have it easy, I'd just pop the sensors out and either try something like you mentioned or perhaps a grease needle.

 

Pulling the ABS sensor just gives you the tone wheel you would have to drill through the tone wheel to gain access to the bearing.

 

But I see Rancherman got bold and drilled into the bearing. I think the tone wheel is near the hub right? (CRS :duh::doh: )

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Pulling the ABS sensor just gives you the tone wheel you would have to drill through the tone wheel to gain access to the bearing.

 

But I see Rancherman got bold and drilled into the bearing. I think the tone wheel is near the hub right? (CRS :duh::doh: )

NO  boldness here mike!   I snagged that off the   link  I  showed  in  previous  post!

 

After   diesel4life   mentioned  he  relubed his  after  inadvertently  separating his  bearing,   and  said  'us with abs'  could do it  easily,   I searched  this   topic and found  that  post about drilling!

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sigh,  well,  you know me!   gotta  beat a dead horse/chase ghosts..  LOL.

 

and   I  should've said  it appeared to be drilled in the  square part of the housing.

 

I was  wondering  how the  sensor  would  respond to   having   grease in contact with it?     

 

anyone  have any pics of  these  in    dismantled  condition?

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today was  a little  slow,   I got a tractor  split in half that  needs my  attention..    but  got   some done on the '00.     Got the new  bushing  popped in the  axle.    Easy to  snare the old one out  with a  pry bar  through the  CAD opening..  and   drove the new  bushing  back in  with  a   1 inch   threaded rod  with a nut on the end.. and  a large  flat washer..   The  threaded rod   went clear out the end of the  axle tube.   I held everything  lined up, and  my son   tapped it in from the   outside.       Was able to   install the  innermost  shaft,  and   got the   passenger knuckle  back on.    Both  knuckles   seems  to rotate nice  and  smooth, lock to lock.

 

Hopefully tomorrow,   my  new  hubs  will  show up and  we can   get those  installed.       I got the   yokes all  apart,  and need to  get the new crosses  pressed in the  shafts.      

 

New  'blue top'   steering gear is   staring at me  as  I type,   and   will get that bolted up too.    I'll snap some pics   for tomorrow.

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Yes, I used a press to put them back together. Watching the gauge, IIRC I saw brief spikes up to about 1000lbs before it would give, crank it up slowly and repeat until they were seated. I had a few mechanics tell me it couldn't/shouldnt be done, and I admittedly was a little apprehensive about doing it but I couldn't help myself and had to try it. I looked back at my records and it hasn't been as long as I thought, its been closer to 2 years and 35k miles, but everything has been great. I did ball joints at that time (reason I had to pull hubs in the first place), got an alignment, and have had no problems since. I rotate tires @ 7500 miles and they are always nice and straight.

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hmmm, 1000 lbs isn't too bad, unless you are feeding a 5 or 6 inch cylinder with 1000 lbs! that would be just shy of 15 ton on a 6 inch cylinder.

After looking at that spyn tec page, with the dismantled bearing, we can see a shoulder that stops the tapered part from being pressed in too much.

These in effect would be totally non adjustable. (press the bejeezus out of them and they will never be too tight)

I'm going to knock my old ones apart and see for myself how much there is. I am a little concerned though when pressing out the hub, all force is going to be transferred to the inner tapered bearing. Not the best way to press through a bearing..

My old ones are the sacrificial lamb.. just to see what's what.

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I was laughing out loud when I saw this pic of me78569, this is about as good of a portrayal of "Blue Top" Ryan as one can get. He is about that goofy and does wear suspenders as well almost freaky amazing how much they look alike.

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I can almost place his voice on the phone with this image..

Gear is now installed and hooked up. I can't believe we got the steering wheel indexed on first stab!

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I'd support the housing itself and push the center hub through the inner bearing 'outwards'. Probably a couple of arbor plates along opposing sides. Hopefully I can use more than just the ears of the housing itself!

The hub will need to slide through the inner race (roller part) of the inboard bearing. This where the real force will be needed, as the inner race on the outboard bearing will just 'ride along' with the hub as it moves out. I'm not too thrilled at putting that much force on the actual rollers, if re assembly is is the plan. This is just a 'looky' mission.

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it's a star wheel that sits between the bearings.. inside the housing.

http://spyntec.com/wp-content/uploads/Dodge_ABS_2-150x150.jpg

I've read a lot of guys doing it! No one wants to say how many shots of grease they are putting in.. or how long the abs sensor lasts after it's having grease slung all over it..

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