Carrier bearing caution

[Ron-70]

Carrier bearing on this truck must be installed with truch in load position (lifted by tires not frame) The mechanic who installed the front an rear U joints for me did not know this and almost destroyed my tranny.

[longhorn man]

Why should it matter? The slip joint that is behinde the carrier is the one that should take up all the slack from suspention movement. I honestly don' know why they put a slip yolk on the tranny output, the splines do it just fine and this just requires a new seal every couple times you pull the shaft out.

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'69 G.M.C. (http://geocities.com/andys_69_gmc/) 350/350 and a heluva cam. Still trying to clean up the left over damage from the Dope-Smokin-Old-Man.
The 1970 One ton Longhorn (one of only 1404 built) with only a TH350...soon to be CADDY powered and a TH350. Check out The Longhorn Webite. (http://www.longhorntrucks.freeservers.com/) Andy, in Columbus Ohio...Home of JEGS