Originally Posted By: Blackwater
Beater is right on this!! I spend twice as much time at the parts counter these days because the burger flippers don't know the actual internal workings of a vehicle, ANY vehicle!!


I know this also. So why do I continually try to buy parts from them? Cause they're fast. But fast and wrong doesn't do me any good.

Originally Posted By: Blackwater
My go to parts guy moved away and I'm trying to cultivate, (read that "educate") a couple of new ones. One of the nearby parts houses still has the old catalogs.


I think these are the original carrier bearings. They're Hyatt 159268 bearing and race.

Originally Posted By: Blackwater
HEY, BEATER!! Didja' ever consider that God MIGHT have created the monkey 'cause he was disappointed in humans???

Kind of what Roger Waters implied with "Amused to Death".

I got the other carrier bearing off using a puller, this one is in good shape and I could reuse it if I want, but for $26 I'll put a new one in. Might as well do this right while I have the rear axle torn apart. wink



Same bearing, probably original:



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