Hello all,
I have a 2003 Tahoe Z71 and I just did the rear wheel bearings and seals. The passenger side was no problem. Seal popped right off, bearing pulled out with several whacks of a bearing extractor slide hammer. The new bearing went in just as easily...several whacks with a bearing install tool and all was good.
The driver side was a different store. It took about 200 poundings of the bearing removal slide hammer to get it out and even more to get it in. I must have been pounding on it for 3 hours with a 4 lb sledge hammer to get the bearing seated properly.
any idea why one side would be so much more difficult than the other?
I have a 2003 Tahoe Z71 and I just did the rear wheel bearings and seals. The passenger side was no problem. Seal popped right off, bearing pulled out with several whacks of a bearing extractor slide hammer. The new bearing went in just as easily...several whacks with a bearing install tool and all was good.
The driver side was a different store. It took about 200 poundings of the bearing removal slide hammer to get it out and even more to get it in. I must have been pounding on it for 3 hours with a 4 lb sledge hammer to get the bearing seated properly.
any idea why one side would be so much more difficult than the other?
