Bearings, balljoints, and cv's oh my

[jeepdude832]

99 TJ Rear Diff Problems

My jeep started makin some noises I took it in And it was my front cv. I also knew I needed both front bearings done and I need my ball joints done as well. All in all 1200 bucks .

 

[Snitty]

do you have any mechanical knowledge? you can save yourself a load of bucks if you do... its not really tough to do it all... you can get clicking from your wheel joints, but, the word "noises" is quite general... when does it make noise, what sort of noise, pulsating? loud?

 

[TwistedCU]

Yeah, Jeepdude, that sounds steep. I think you could do that work yourself, but I guess time is probably an issue too. Is that what the clicking noise was on the trail???

 

[Tug-n-pull]

keyless entry problems

Got to love them TJ parts prices. Man that is going to hurt. Tug

 

[far_right]

uuh... you dont have a front CV joint unless you have a KJ, take your time, and witha book and a friend i bet you can do it

 

[gunner]

It's a fairly do-able. With some new parts and basic tools you can do it yourself; if I have done all that crap, anyone can.

It's part of owning a Jeep. I usually keep a few parts like that around cuz they're always in need if replacing. Anyway it's a labor of love thing and it's quality time with you Jeep.

I read somewhere that an owner should have an intimate, working knowledge of his/her Jeep.

Didn't know you were going to have to sit and talk to her, did you???

 

[jeepdude832]

It was the cv in my front drive shaft making the noise it was all normal wear and tear it has 110,000 miles and it sees itsa share of the mud. I took it to ntb to get the bearings done and they said they couldnt do them. So how was I going too.

 

[jeepin916]

the bearings are easy on a TJ take off the wheel and all brake components and the drive out the lugs, then remove the 3 bolts from behind the wheel bearing and then with a slide hammer with a bearing remover bolt it up and yank them off the new ones are easy to put in line up the holes and install the bolts from the old bearing and tighten them down evenly till the bearing is pulled into the knuckle, its a piece of cake it shoudl take u about 3 hours at the most to do both sides, the only tool that you probably dont have is the slide hammer and hub bearing atachment, thats about 40 bucks at autozone.

 

[jeepin916]

Sealing the Dana 20 Transfer case

oh yea you also have to remove the giant nut holding the axle shaft onto the hub bearing its a 36 MM if i remember correctly from my bearings on my TJ, i would give u a hand but im in NY and ur in MD hehe but its easy u can do it

 

[Bounty__Hunter]

Don't use a slide hammer on the bearing assemblies, you'll pull them apart and ruin your trails spares. Back out the three bolts 1/4" on the back of the knuckle that hold the hub to the knuckle. Tap them with a center punch until the hub comes loose. Back the three bolts out another 1/4" and repeat until the hub comes off.

Bearing assemplies are about $125 each at the parts store, and front CV driveshafts on TJ's are easy to replace.

 

[far_right]

ok just for clarifacition (sp) this is a CV (or constant velocity) joint, it is a repezza (sp) type joint

this is a double cardan joint like i assume you are refering to on a driveshaft, that uses two u-joints on one end

 

[Bounty__Hunter]

I thought you may bring up that technicality, but for all general purposes the double-cardan shaft is very often referred to as the CV shaft, even though it's not proper. You are correct.

 

[far_right]

You are correct.

:mrgreen:

we all know that CVs arent anygood 'cause only 4WDs w/ IFS and 'yotas uses CVs, or birfields... :mrgreen:

 

[Bounty__Hunter]

and we all know how reliable birfields are :roll:

 

[Snitty]

though.. a double-cardan IS a constant velocity joint... the two u joints do synchronize to create a constant combined velocity

 

[jeepin916]

Don't use a slide hammer on the bearing assemblies, you'll pull them apart and ruin your trails spares. Back out the three bolts 1/4" on the back of the knuckle that hold the hub to the knuckle. Tap them with a center punch until the hub comes loose. Back the three bolts out another 1/4" and repeat until the hub comes off.

hmmm never thought of that bounty, i never had a problem with pulling them apart tho, i guess it could tho ill try it your way the next time i have to do them, good tip.