ta-da!

[that-son]

i know i've got  some anti-seize somewhere.  if i can't find it, i'll just use some mobil 1 grease. 

 

valve cover gasket and half moons are coming next week.  outer bearings and races are due thursday but inner bearings, races and cv boots will be here next week as well.

 

i was wondering if i could get some suggestions.

 

right now, the rotors are off the truck but still attached to the knuckle.  i decided to just keep the axles coz i did not want to take a chance to send them out to cardone and be charged a kidney for the rebuild. so... can i:

 

1.  keep the axles on and just grease and stretch the boots and slide them in place?  i've seen the video where the guy puts the half axle on a vice grip and hits it with a hammer to take it apart.  i don't have a hammer that big, i don't have a vice grip and i don't have a table to attach the vice grip to.

 

2.  repack wheel bearings.  can i do this with the knuckle attached?  is there a trick to removing the rubber seal behind the knuckle?  i don't even know what the outers look like coz i only had time to unscrew those frozen screws this morning.

 

3.  install ball joints on the knuckle.

 

4. install ball joints and rotor/knuckle assembly.

 

what am i missing?

[that-son]

tried removing the rubber seal on the knuckle but i'm afraid it's getting shredded.  the knuckle still won't come off even with a slide hammer and i only managed to remove one small outer bearing.  it can't be that hard...  the videos make it look so easy.

 

anyone?