I have a 1979 Ford F150. Would someone, please, be willing to tell me how to remove the needle bearings from the spindles?

 

Get a pilot bearing puller should get it out

 

Do you mean this ?


If you are talking about the little spindle bearing then a slide hammer has always worked best for me

 

Yes, the spindle bearings is what I am talking about. The Dana 44 link you sent me, yesterday, shows the tool, but it is not a very good picture. I looked up the Dana part number for that tool, on Ebay, and nothing came up. Just an ordinary slide hammer will work? How do you connect it to the application? And, do I just drive the new one in with, like a deep well socket or something?

 

It is an adapter for the slide hammer
like this kit http://compare.ebay.com/like/180905658519?var=lv&ltyp=AllFixedPriceItemTypes&var=sbar

 

Are we talking about the race for the bearing here?

 

This may be an easier to locate and cheaper way to go than to find the adapter for the slide hammer How to remove Dana 60 front spindle bearing??? - Pirate4x4.Com : 4x4 and Off-Road Forum

 

I have always just knocked them out with a drift and hammer from the front. Just be careful to now gouge the spindle housing too bad. It sometimes is stubborn, but they do come out.

 

That looks like a very handy tool to own Redroad. There is a HF in Salem, VA. The next time I go to the VA Hospital there, I will get me one. As for now, I got it out. I couldn't get enough of a bite on top of the bearing, to get it out with a drift. I was, however, able to catch the bottom lip with the drift, and break of a small section. At which time, all the bearings fell out. I was able to very carefully complete the rest of the job, with a special tool called a Dremel Tool. LOL. While I was in the automotive trade, as a proffession, I learned that, if at one point, I needed a certain tool, there would be another day that I would need it again. So, I would go ahead and buy the tool, rather than borrow it.

 

Great There's no stopping you

 

I forgot to mention to you, I opened the front differential up yesterday. I used a piece of 1/2 inch galv. pipe I had laying around, to push the inner seals out. I just put the pipe through the axle tube from the outer end, and they tapped out real easy. Then, the installation today, went like this. I ran a piece of 1/2 inch all thread through the axle tube, and through a small block of 1" wood with a nut and washer, on the end of the axle tube, not the steering knuckle. That way, I could work off of the most square surface. And on the differential end of the all thread, first I slid on the seal, then I used a 1 3/4", 3/4 inch drive, socket (which fit perfectly into the cup of the seal), then another washer and nut. I tightened the nut on the all thread, and the seal pulled into it's seat, just as slick as a whistle. I think I'm gonna submit my invention for a patent. You think I'll get it? LOL!

 

Definitely you'll get dentside points for that

 

Beins how I'm fairly new to the Forum, I'm not sure what dentside points are. But, I guess that sounds good to me!

 

Just made it up but for sure it's a great idea if it doesn't especially since you don't have to pull every thing apart

 

Isn't that the truth?! As I told you in the past, I had always been partial to Dodge. But, as easy as most of the things, on this truck, has been to work on, I'm beginning to wonder why I hadn't been partial to Ford all along