Closed knuckle bearings?

I need bearings for my 69 CJ5 closed knuckle. I'm checking the sites listed on the thread about parts but not much luck. Any help?

 

Advanced Auto Parts is your friend....

 

If you are looking for the top and bottom king pin bearings it should be Timkin 11590 for the bearing and bearing cup is Timkin 11520. I just did mine and found it both at 4wd.com search for SET11A or at the local auto part store. Just call around you should be able to pull the numbers off the back of the bearing and cup and give the parts store the numbers.
mike

 

jeepdoc.com should have everything you need. you may want to get a shim kit for the extra 4 bucks, in case you need to reset the preload. you will also need a fish weight scale to do the job right. i use a cheap one from wally world.

 

Wow it was 150 total just for parts!

 

Just Empty Every Pocket again. Small price to pay for a safe vehicle though.

 

did you buy all 4 bearings or just the ones you needed?

if one side is bad the other is just as bad if not worse and you already have all the tools out anyway.

 

Well the other side was tight as I could hope for, no play at all. The driver side flops like a chicken. So I bought the 2 bearings, cups, cap, shim kit, and seal kit. I wanted to tackle the install but don't know if I could do it. I'm not familiar with these old jeeps. I found someone to do it for 150 bucks so I thought that sounded like a fair price. I would love to do it though just to learn about them. I was a little thrown about the fish scale. I've never heard of that before. Sounds like to get to it you only have to take off the wheel and hub, is that right?

 

And according to the FSM you need to set it without the nuckle seals in place.

 

What is the FSM? and where can I look at it?

 

not hard. you will need the funny socket for the wheel bearings (run about $11 at flaps). other than that unless you want to bleed the brakes, use a coat hanger to tie the brake backing plates (with the shoes and hardware still on) to the frame. just mindful that old rubber hose doesn't bend as good as new stuff.

And it's a good time to check you brake shoes and drums for wear.

 

I wish I had a step by step to do this. But I'm gonna tackle it toimorrow, or it might tackle me. I dont know what a preload is, I dont know how to get the drum or locking hub off. I dont kow what flaps is or what the funny socket is. So maybe if nothing else I can get greasy and kick the jeep.

 

fsm has good step by step.

the fish scale is to set the preload.

I agree with replacing both sides at the same time (4 bearings). the second side goes much faster than the first since you will have done it once.

Seems to me I also saw a how to on this site or another one. I'll see if I can track it down.

But as was said before... get a factory service manual that includes your year you won't regret it.

 

Here is a step by step from Dr. Vern:
http://www.vernco.com/frontaxle/id373.htm

 

Is this the right FSM?
http://thejeep.com/shop/TECH+MANUALS/TSM-LATE/TSM-LATE+Univeral+Tech+Manual+CJ3B+CJ5%25252F6+12V+4+%252526V-6.html