Hi everyone, this is geRAMicc85.
Today I am going to replace the wheel bearings on this dodge ram 1500.
This is a 2wd 96 dodge ram and I am going to show you how I replace one side.
Before you start working on it make sure you have two new bearings: inner and outer bearing
and also a new seal.
First I am going to take the jack and jack up the front of the vehicle.
So I have this side of the car jacked up.
Now I am taking a 21mm socket with an extension to get off the lug nuts.
Then I can take off the wheel.
Next thing I am going to do is taking off this caliper here.
Therefore I am going to press back the piston.
You can do it with a clamp or a piece of metal and press it back just like that.
It doesn't have to be pressed back all the way, just enough so that these pads are loose.
Now I am going to take off the caliper.
There is one bolt up here and one down here.
I am loosening them up with a 3/8 inch inbus socket.
Make sure you disconnect the ABS line from the brake line.
I am putting the caliper behind the spindle for now, that way I don't have to hang it.
Just make sure that those lines here are not tight.
An easy way to take off the hub cap is to use channel logs but be careful, don't squeeze
it too bad so that you can reuse it.
Now I am taking off the safety pin.
Taking this part out.
Now you can see the nut that's actually holding the hub onto the spindle.
And we are going to take that off now.
Usually it is pretty loose.
This nut is going to be reused.
I am putting it on a piece of paper so it doesn't get dirty.
You don't want to get any sand or anything in here.
Now you can take off the hub but be careful, because the old outer bearing is going to
fall out when you take it off.
There is a washer on top of the bearing, you might want to save that too.
I am going to take this hub inside on the workbench and take out the old bearing.
This is the inner side of the wheel hub.
First thing is to take off the seal.
Now you can take out the inner bearing, just like that.
We still have the old drives in there.
There is one drive on this side on the inside and one drive on the outside.
I am going to clean this a little bit to show you where the drives sit and how to get them
out.
Down here is the actual edge of the outer drive.
I am going to hit that with a screwdriver and a hammer to get it out.
Here you can see that it is actually coming out, but it is not all out yet so I will have
to keep doing this.
I am placing two pieces of wood on both sides of the bearing so that the inside is free
so that I can take out the bearing drive all the way.
The old drive just fell out.
Now it is time to take the inner drive out.
This is the inner drive, it is a little bigger.
We also got this one out.
Now it is time to clean the hub and put the new drives in.
Here you see the new bearing, it is the outer bearing.
And it comes with the drive so take it out of the plastic bag.
Make sure there is no dirt getting to this.
So take off the drive and put it with the thicker side towards the hub.
I have this metal tube laying around that's the size of the drive.
I am placing that on there and take the hammer to get it in there.
Make sure you get it in nice and even.
As you can see it is going in there but it is still not at the end.
If it is not moving in any further, that's it.
Turn the hub around and do the other side.
I am wiping it off again to make sure there is no dirt to get it in easy.
This is the drive for the inner bearing.
Again put the thick side in first.
Now it is time to put in the inner bearing.
But before I do that, I am applying this grease on there.
Make sure you don't put too much on it.
Work it in nicely into the wheels.
Now apply a thin layer of grease on the inside of the drive.
Not too much, just a nice layer.
Now I am putting the new bearing into the drive.
Also I am putting some grease on top, but only on the sides.
Now I am putting that inner seal on there.
Now I am going to pack some more grease in there.
I am cleaning of the old grease off of the spindle.
Now I am putting the wheel hub back on there.
So before I put that outer bearing in, I am putting some of that grease on there too and
work it in there nicely.
Again I am applying a thin layer of grease onto the drive.
Then I am putting in the new bearing.
I am cleaning the washer a little bit an putting it back on the right way.
Now I am putting the nut back on.
I am taking a 27mm socket and tighten up the nut until the wheel is hard to turn.
Now I am backing off a quarter turn like that.
And then it has got the right tension.
I am putting the safety nut on there and the pin back in.
And don't forget to put the cap back on.
As you can see there is grease all over the break disc, so I am going to clean that off.
Don't forget the inside too.
Now I am putting the caliper back into position.
Ok I
am going to tighten up these lug nuts with my torque wrench and that's it, I am all done
replacing the bearings.
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And this is geRAMicc85 signing out.