toasted drivers side bearing(8.25)

outlander · Jul 19, 2008

On the market for a replacement....summit has this:
http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?autofilter=1&part=RAT-9100&N=700+115&autoview=sku

I know,I know you get what you pay for but is this brand any good?

gerroffroad.com · Jul 19, 2008

get timken not much more and a damn good bearing

Skully · Jul 19, 2008

gerroffroad.com said:
get timken not much more and a damn good bearing

What he said.....

Never even heard of that brand, you get what you pay for. Replace it next year or replace it in five years.

ROBZ95Xj · Jul 19, 2008

outlander said:
On the market for a replacement....summit has this:
http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?autofilter=1&part=RAT-9100&N=700+115&autoview=sku

I know,I know you get what you pay for but is this brand any good?

go to autozone, you can get timken bearing and seal for under $20, i just replaced one month ago, not bad job

RCP Phx · Jul 19, 2008

outlander said:
On the market for a replacement....summit has this:
http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?autofilter=1&part=RAT-9100&N=700+115&autoview=sku

I know,I know you get what you pay for but is this brand any good?

Have you actually pulled the axle yet?

outlander · Jul 19, 2008

no...why?
The bearing is definately bad and the seal is leaking because of it.I had the wheel off of that side and the axle shaft moves axially a fair bit.
Damn it!!!!I knew my $20 ebay 8.25 was too good to be true.....naw I'm kidding it was still a good deal.

A press is needed for this job....right?

ROBZ95XJ:Thanks I'll look into that.....I looked at their site online and the cheapest I found was like $40.I'll go there later today.

xjguy98 · Jul 20, 2008

The FSM says to use a slide hammer and a special adapter to remove the bearing from the tube. For the seal you should be alright with just a big screwdriver. Installing I would think would work with a large socket but feel free to correct. Haven't done this yet but the time is coming so I'd be interested to see how you do it.

MisterFubar · Jul 20, 2008

Ratech makes decents bearings, and just for the record Timken makes quite a few of thier bearings in China.

ROBZ95Xj · Jul 20, 2008

outlander said:
no...why?
The bearing is definately bad and the seal is leaking because of it.I had the wheel off of that side and the axle shaft moves axially a fair bit.
Damn it!!!!I knew my $20 ebay 8.25 was too good to be true.....naw I'm kidding it was still a good deal.

A press is needed for this job....right?

ROBZ95XJ:Thanks I'll look into that.....I looked at their site online and the cheapest I found was like $40.I'll go there later today.

if you dont have it you will need to rent slide hammer from autozone, it should come with 3 jaw attchment hears, link i used on how to replacement
http://www.dippy.org/svcman/sm03a.html

lawsoncl · Jul 20, 2008

outlander said:
I had the wheel off of that side and the axle shaft moves axially a fair bit.

Some in-out play is normal for a c-clip axle. Side-side (radial play) would be more of a concern. If you're leaking gear oil, I would definitely pull the axle and have a look. At that point you might as well replace the bearings and seals on both side. One concern with this axle and the D35 c-clip axle is that a bad wheel bearing can tear up the axle shaft itself.

outlander · Jul 20, 2008

yea....guess that will give me an excuse to upgrade to 29spline shafts.
Thanks for the link Rob.

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