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Recently lost the driveline between the differentials and got new one to replace it.When we pulled the yolk on the back of the front one noticed that the bearing was also bad. Could anybody tell me the best way to replace the bearing and race?

Recently lost the driveline between the differentials and got new one to replace it.When we pulled the yolk on the back of the front one noticed that the bearing was also bad. Could anybody tell me the best way to replace the bearing and race?

If it is Mack rears it has ball bearings in a cage all together. take the 4 3/8ts bolts out the bearing slips off the shaft. dont know on the eaton or others. Ron

Is there scoring or texture to the race? If not the bearing may be all that needs to be replaced. I've never replaced one in the location you are asking about, but on my race (no pun intended) car hubs, I've used an inverted co2 dust sprayer on the race to freeze it and a torch on the hub housing and could get the old race out. When installing the new race put it in the freezer for a few hours and heat the housing with the torch again (not the surface that the race slides into, but around it). Grab the race from the freezer and use a shim and a hammer to push it in place quickly.... Really quickly!!! I'm not sure if this will work for your application but it has been successful in race replacement for me!!!!

Ed Smith

1957 B85F 1242 "The General Ike"

If it is Mack rears it has ball bearings in a cage all together. take the 4 3/8ts bolts out the bearing slips off the shaft. dont know on the eaton or others. Ron

Thanks for the input but it is an Eaton

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