YellowTruck
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- Location
- North Carolina
- First Name
- Dylan
- Truck Year
- 1987
- Truck Model
- v30
- Engine Size
- 350
I have a front Dana 60 differential and I've been scouring forums and searching everything to try and find a way to remove a Dana 60 pinion bearing without taking apart the entire rear end. Everyone has said that you have to remove everything to get to it. That, at least in my situation, was not the case.
I took out the drive shaft and stripped it down so that I could see the outer pinion bearing. Mine didn't have the rollers anymore, but I think this would work if you did have rollers still attached to the bearing. The bearing has a lip on the edge of both ends that you can fit a puller onto. No puller I had would fit inside the case and grab the edge. I went and bought a generic steering wheel puller from O'Reillys for $20 and the fingers were still slightly too big to fit inside the case and grab the bearing. I took a cut off wheel and cut a little bit off of the edges and was able to make it fit. In less than a minute I got the old bearing out so easy.
I took out the drive shaft and stripped it down so that I could see the outer pinion bearing. Mine didn't have the rollers anymore, but I think this would work if you did have rollers still attached to the bearing. The bearing has a lip on the edge of both ends that you can fit a puller onto. No puller I had would fit inside the case and grab the edge. I went and bought a generic steering wheel puller from O'Reillys for $20 and the fingers were still slightly too big to fit inside the case and grab the bearing. I took a cut off wheel and cut a little bit off of the edges and was able to make it fit. In less than a minute I got the old bearing out so easy.
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