This was helpful and accurate. I just replaced my seals and bearings in my '96 Astro and learned a new way to remove the old parts. If your seals are difficult to remove, do this: when removing the seals and bearings, don't mess with trying to remove the seals separately. My seals were in there really good so instead of wasting time on it, I decided to just install the bearing puller over both the bearing and seal. 4 slides on the hammer and the seal and bearing came right out as a pair all at once very easily. Other side came right out, both bearing and seal together. Try it - it will make this job that much easier.
I just replaced my wheel bearings again (axles were worn and starting to get grooves in them) and did it this way and you are 1000% correct, much easier to do it this way.
You should show the installation of the c-clips for the people Matt,removal and installation of those are very important for someone who has never done this job before...thanks
They make what's called a repair bearing that offsets the place where it rolls on the axle. That way you have fresh axle that the bearing roos against. The bearing and seal are built together also.
I've never used one to say how well they work. I would rather replace the axle and not have to worry about it. But given time and money situations I would probably use it as a temporary fix atleast. Probably one of those "until further notice" fixes.
I'm doing mine tomorrow if I can rent the tools...i would have lubed up the new bearing with gear oil before installing and put some appropriate rtv sealer on the diff cover gasket to ensure no leaks.
You know what the real trick is you take a piece of three-quarter rigid pipe and you go right through the other side and push it right out you knock it right out it goes right through the differential knocks it out man I've seen them do it a hundred times you don't need that fancy tool
My plug is totally stripped....My rear wheel seal are leaking..So i have to remove the differential cover to get to the axle bolts...I am sort of reluctant to go that route because of fear of breaking the differential cover bolts...But there is no other way...Pray for me....
Make sure your axles are still good. And don't use a repair bearing unless you absolutely have to. There was a guy on the astrosafari.com forum who did and it caught on fire because of how bad the axle was. Overall a pretty easy job.
10:15 Aho! Ok.... then we take the bigger breaking bar and the big hammer and beat right on the hedge of the brake pad right where there is the least amount of leverage to execute the task...
I'm pretty sure the only differences in rear axles are the leaf spring mounts (fiberglass or steel spring, if your van has fiberglass you can switch to steel fairly easily) and if its from 03-05 it will be narrower and have disc brakes. Those are the only 2 I know of.
This was helpful and accurate. I just replaced my seals and bearings in my '96 Astro and learned a new way to remove the old parts. If your seals are difficult to remove, do this: when removing the seals and bearings, don't mess with trying to remove the seals separately. My seals were in there really good so instead of wasting time on it, I decided to just install the bearing puller over both the bearing and seal. 4 slides on the hammer and the seal and bearing came right out as a pair all at once very easily. Other side came right out, both bearing and seal together. Try it - it will make this job that much easier.
I just replaced my wheel bearings again (axles were worn and starting to get grooves in them) and did it this way and you are 1000% correct, much easier to do it this way.
You should show the installation of the c-clips for the people Matt,removal and installation of those are very important for someone who has never done this job before...thanks
Great video. I wanna hear that thing running with those glass packs. I bet it sounds sick.
They make what's called a repair bearing that offsets the place where it rolls on the axle. That way you have fresh axle that the bearing roos against. The bearing and seal are built together also.
I've never used one to say how well they work. I would rather replace the axle and not have to worry about it. But given time and money situations I would probably use it as a temporary fix atleast. Probably one of those "until further notice" fixes.
I'm doing mine tomorrow if I can rent the tools...i would have lubed up the new bearing with gear oil before installing and put some appropriate rtv sealer on the diff cover gasket to ensure no leaks.
Great video, this should have 3 million hits.
8 MM and 5/16" wrenches are interchangable.
What kind of noise was it making? I’ve got a howling noise only between 55 and 60
Awesome video man loving the content👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 keep up the good work!!
Great job! More videos please! 🙏🏻👍🏻
Nice
Thank you for your video I wish that you would show the. C. CLIP INSTALLATION BUT THE VIDEO IS GREAt
great work, thanks for sharing!
That vans days are numbered with all that underbody rust. The left side looks like it's ready to start structurally failing.
Where are you from? You wouldn't want to see my car then 😁
You know what the real trick is you take a piece of three-quarter rigid pipe and you go right through the other side and push it right out you knock it right out it goes right through the differential knocks it out man I've seen them do it a hundred times you don't need that fancy tool
I have a 2003 all-wheel-drive Astro that I am doing a lot of Maintenance and auto work to check it out on my channel
Hey, I like the hub caps but didn't get a good look at them. Will u tell me where u got them?
My plug is totally stripped....My rear wheel seal are leaking..So i have to remove the differential cover to get to the axle bolts...I am sort of reluctant to go that route because of fear of breaking the differential cover bolts...But there is no other way...Pray for me....
hey wassap man! whats your exhust set up? thanks for the video too i got 2 bad rear bearings, its the same awd and rwd?
V8 swap, headers, and 2 cherry bombs. Yea, it's the same awd to rwd.
How long that take you did the noise end up going away
Total time was probably like 3 hours or so. I haven't heard it sense.
Oh ok sounds good I’m probably gonna have to do it to mine I’m hearing a noise from mine on the driver side
Make sure your axles are still good. And don't use a repair bearing unless you absolutely have to. There was a guy on the astrosafari.com forum who did and it caught on fire because of how bad the axle was. Overall a pretty easy job.
10:15 Aho! Ok.... then we take the bigger breaking bar and the big hammer and beat right on the hedge of the brake pad right where there is the least amount of leverage to execute the task...
Only looked like the bar was resting on the brake pad. It was not. Look closer. There is a reason the side of the seal was deformed.
Thank you 👍
Pittsburg!? Harbor Freight Tools!
I’m about to replace my entire rear axle, hopefully.
I'm pretty sure the only differences in rear axles are the leaf spring mounts (fiberglass or steel spring, if your van has fiberglass you can switch to steel fairly easily) and if its from 03-05 it will be narrower and have disc brakes. Those are the only 2 I know of.
I thought about that but I don't really want to disturb those metal brake fluid lines....
good job AAA+
Thank you! May God bless you
What kind of fluid do you need and how many quarts i have a 2002 chevy astro awd 4.3 v6
For yours google says 75w-90. Will need 2 quarts. Should have some left of the second bottle.
Matt's_ ProjectGarage ok thanks alot
What year is your Astrovan Matt?
The white one shown is a 95 2wd. I also have a 04 awd.
Matt's_ ProjectGarage will this be the same for an ‘87? Thanks
@@dustinsmith2021 It should be. I'm pretty sure it is the same for 85-02. If not the same it should be very similar.
Matt's_ ProjectGarage thanks man.
Didn't pre lube bearings?
They are lubed by the gear oil that they are submerged in. Why would I need to pre-lube them?
did it solve the noise problem?
Yes it did.
How long did that take?
Start to finish was about 3 hours.
Bro... Do you really have a cherry bomb side exit exhaust? LOL!
Yea. Sounds great and not terribly loud in the van either.
Lot of fucking work for a bearing on those things