Drive shaft play

[cody mapes]

I'm sure this isn't normal but is it possible it's just the carrier bearing?
The drive shaft shakes up and down about a half inch I'm the carrier bearing
I would post video but it wont let me.i can hear it under the truck and truck vibrates sometimes when driving
94 f250 7.3 zf5 2wd

 

[IDIBOBS]

The carrier bearings go out often. Replace it before it goes out completely. I had one go out in a snow storm. Roads were wet muddy frozen snowy nasty. Had to drive 10miles back home at high idle. Was not fun.

 

[Cubey]

Replace it ASAP. i had one that bad in morning. drove a couple hundred miles from Wyoming to Colorado and by then, it was banging if the rhythm was off. thankfully it didn't hurt anything. had a shop replace the carrier bearing and all was good.

 

[Old Goat]

Better check the U-Joints as well. You have to remove the
DL anyway, not that hard to do them.
I used the HF Ball Joint Press in my Vice to push the caps off and on. If you never done them, lots of good U-Tube Videos.

Here is one I saved in my U-Joint Folder.

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Here is a vid on the carrier bearing.
2:30 min into the video, shows how to pull the Bearing off.
He is using a HF Gear Puller.
I have one but used just 2 long pieces of all thread instead the way he did it, attaching the all thread into the kits Bolts etc...

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Goat

 

[ihc1470]

This tool works quite well. u-joint tool

 

[u2slow]

Often it's the rubber mount donut that shrinks, and the bearing/shaft is left to hop around.

If you buy the new bearing assembly, you may be able to swap the rubber alone easier that pressing a bearing off/on.

That said, if it's an old tired bearing, change the whole thing.

 

[Jesus Freak]

Dude, don't drive your truck until this is fixed.

And go the distance with u joints and carrier bearing while it's out.

 

[IDIBOBS]

Yea just pound off the old bearing it’s pretty easy. No special tools required and I would agree do the u joints. Cheap and super easy. Again a hammer is about the old tool you need to remove old caps.