Chevrolet CHEVY VAN G10 SERIES Service Manual page 98

REAR SUSPENSION A N D D R IV E L IN E 4-16
b. S upport yoke in a bench vise.
c. Using soft drift and ham m er, drive on one trunnion
bearing to drive opposite bearing from yoke.
N O T E : The bearing cap cannot be driven com­
pletely out.
d. Grasp cap in vise and w ork out.
e. S upp ort other side o f yoke and drive o th er bearing
cap from yoke and remove as in step d.
f. Remove tru nnio n from propeller shaft yoke.
2. F or 125" W.B. m odels remove bearing support as
follow s:
a. Remove dust shield.
b.
Remove strap retaining rubber cushion from bearing
support.
c. Pull support bracket from rubber cushion and pull
cushion from bearing.
d. Pull bearing assembly from shaft.
Fig. 2 8 -P ro p e lle r S haft, Universal Joint and Bearing Support
Assembly
1. Assemble bearing su p p o rt as follows:
a. Install inner deflector on propeller shaft, if removed,
and prick punch deflector at tw o opposite points to
m ake sure it is tight on shaft.
b. Fill space betw een inner dust shield and bearing
w ith lithium soap grease.
c. S tart bearing and slinger assembly straight on shaft
journal. S upport propeller shaft and, using suitable
length o f pipe over splined end o f shaft, press
bearing and inner slinger against shoulder on shaft.
d. Install dust shield over shaft, small diam eter first
and press into position against ou ter slinger.
e. Install rubber cushion o n to bearing.
f. Install bracket o n to cushion.
g. Install retaining strap.
2. Assemble tru n n io n bearings to propeller shaft as follows:
a. O n extended life universal jo in ts w hen perform ing
service operations th a t require disassembly o f the
universal jo in t, repack bearings w ith grease as
o utlined in Section 0 .
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