Bearing Puller

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Sun Nov 27, 11 2:44 pm

Anyone got something like this I can borrow? Or are they easily found to purchase?

Any tips on alternative methods? i.e. without the "special tool".

It is to pull the bearings out of the ends of the rear axle on my Jeep Grand Cherokee.

autofetish · Post by **autofetish** » Sun Nov 27, 11 7:55 pm

ha this is great i get to answer one of your posts

I would use a normal slide hammer and make the thing on the end.

I have one you can borrow when you come out here to wire that charger ive got

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/9pc-SLIDE-DEN ... 4aa97da820

charger01 · Post by **charger01** » Sun Nov 27, 11 8:26 pm

What about this Dave?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rear-Axle-Bea ... 2a15572a1b

ANTON · Post by **ANTON** » Mon Nov 28, 11 7:39 am

Here are a few in England

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ws/eBayISAPI. ... 0886593438

http://www.dropshiponline.co.uk/product ... ts_id=4893

http://www.toptoolshop.com/US_PRO_Profe ... 47465.aspx

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3-Piece-Rear- ... 0683340225

If you don't have a slide hammer you can use a this tool with a piece of large diameter tube and a nut and threaded bar. Put the tool in the bearing and then fit the treated bar into the tool and the slide the tube over the lot and the fit a large washer and a nut and then tighten the nut down to the tube and the bearing should start to move.

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Mon Nov 28, 11 8:31 am

ANTON wrote:If you don't have a slide hammer you can use a this tool with a piece of large diameter tube and a nut and threaded bar. Put the tool in the bearing and then fit the treated bar into the tool and the slide the tube over the lot and the fit a large washer and a nut and then tighten the nut down to the tube and the bearing should start to move.

That is the sort of line I was thinking along.

That last kit was cheap enough too.

I will have a think and maybe order something tonight so I have what I need by the weekend.

Thanks for the tips.

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Mon Nov 28, 11 8:15 pm

Yep. I went for that last option Anton.

Thanks to everyone that responded. Fingers crossed for good weather next weekend so I can get the job done on the driveway.

I picked a bad time to take the Corvette apart in the warm garage...

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Sun Dec 04, 11 3:37 pm

Only had four hours on Saturday to do the job but managed not only to change both rear axle bearings and oil seals, but also all four brake discs and pads.

Did have to modify the puller slightly though. The bearings were in VERY tight. I would have struggled with just a slide hammer I think.
The new bearings were a nice snug fit that took no more than thumb pressure to push home.

charger01 · Post by **charger01** » Sun Dec 04, 11 4:05 pm

Nice on Dave. Going to be a bugger to close that box now though

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Sun Dec 04, 11 5:51 pm

charger01 wrote:Nice on Dave. Going to be a bugger to close that box now though

Funny enough I was thinking whether I should cut that bit off.

But I am going to see if I can get the pin in the swivel end out and just slide that welded bit off to keep in my "Odd Tools" draw. Just in case I ever need it again.

Post by **TyreFryer** » Mon Dec 05, 11 10:51 am

Dave are you talking about the bearings in the rear axle? If so, I knocked mine out from the opposite side with a long steel tube through the axle. But I was replacing the inner bearings also, so had removed the diff. It was the inner bearings that broke up badly on my Grand Cherokee BTW but I did them all.

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Mon Dec 05, 11 11:26 am

I still have a noise in the rear so I might have to replace those inner bearings too. Although there was definitely play on those outer ones. I could pull the outer end of the axle up/down - side to side.

Are these inner ones the ones under the steel caps on the diff itself Martin? I didn't see any others.

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Mon Dec 05, 11 11:42 am

I wouldn't care but the diffs were rebuilt only a couple of years before I bought it.

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Mon Dec 05, 11 12:16 pm

My Haynes manual does not cover the diff on the axle either. I assume mine is the DANA 35 axle. I am going to have to find an online resource for replacing these bearings I would thing as they must set the backlash on the ring gear??

VGVIP · Post by **VGVIP** » Mon Dec 05, 11 12:22 pm

Not sure what Grand Cherokee you have.
Any good to ya?

http://www.freepdfdownload.net/2001-jee ... anual.html

Passwords for the down load are on this web page too. (You need one to open the pdf if I remember correctly)

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Mon Dec 05, 11 12:22 pm

Although it looks from this like these use shims behind the bearings for preload rather than a adjuster like the 8.75? Is this right?