Replace Gimbal Bearing '89 Cobra

rybad

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What is the best and/or easiest method to remove/replace the gimbal bearing on an '89 Cobra 350/5.7 ?
 

marinemech1

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Re: Replace Gimbal Bearing '89 Cobra

slide hammer and three jaw puller works well
 

Liquid_force

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Re: Replace Gimbal Bearing '89 Cobra

Did it last weekend.<br />Rented a slide hammer from Autozone which came with a 3 jaw puller. It didn't work at first but that was because the "jaws" on the puller were all worn and rounded off. I took a file to each jaw and put a nice 90 on them and it popped out in about 5 slides of the hammer.<br /><br />To install the new one I just used a piece of 3" PVC pipe with a 2x4 over the end.<br /><br />I used this as a guide -<br /> http://www.mercstuff.com/gimbalbearing.htm <br /><br />You'll want to have an alignment tool to make sure it's aligned before you put the drive back on.
 
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