Stripped unit bearing bolts

LieutenantJohnson said:
Glad you got it solved. Now you can rest easy. Its a good feeling :)
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Unfortunately that was not the worst thing that happened. I read that you can have someone press the brakes to stop the hub from spinning when trying to remove the axle nut, so I decided to try that. Me being an idiot did not realize that I had already taken the caliper off one side. So I was pressing the brakes for a while and I must have overextended the piston on my caliper, I could not get it back in with a ball joint press.

Based on what I read I decided to replace both calipers to be safe. I also decided to replace my rotors, pads, and unit bearings while I was at it (especially after my wheel fell off while driving a few days ago). I wanted to get some from black magic but did not want to wait for it to come in the mail so I bought some from advance auto, hoping they're decent enough.
 
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Cheetokps said:
Unfortunately that was not the worst thing that happened. I read that you can have someone press the brakes to stop the hub from spinning when trying to remove the axle nut, so I decided to try that. Me being an idiot did not realize that I had already taken the caliper off one side. So I was pressing the brakes for a while and I must have overextended the piston on my caliper, I could not get it back in with a ball joint press.

Based on what I read I decided to replace both calipers to be safe. I also decided to replace my rotors, pads, and unit bearings while I was at it (especially after my wheel fell off while driving a few days ago). I wanted to get some from black magic but did not want to wait for it to come in the mail so I bought some from advance auto, hoping they're decent enough.
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Sorry to hear that. Bonus is everything is new! You don't need BM brakes on stock setup. The brakes work just fine
 
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I have another question, this is how the inside of my axle housing looks after I took the shaft out.
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Is all the rust and stuff in there an issue? And any tips on cleaning it out? I saw the trick to use a long tube and some rags to push it all through but since I do not have my seals out it would not work. Maybe just a shopvac and something to scrape out back with to get as much as I can?
 
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I have another question, this is how the inside of my axle housing looks after I took the shaft out.
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Is all the rust and stuff in there an issue? And any tips on cleaning it out? I saw the trick to use a long tube and some rags to push it all through but since I do not have my seals out it would not work. Maybe just a shopvac and something to scrape out back with to get as much as I can?
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If you aren't going to pull the carrier and seals then I would just leave it. Shouldn't be an issue. If you do replace seals eventually then I would use the pipe/rag to clean it out.
 
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I had to remove the boot on my u joint to get it to fit in and installed it backwards when I put it back on. Is it okay like that, or am i going to gave to take the u joint out again to fix it
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Fix it. There is a lip on there that seals on the lip if the cap to keep contaminants out. Fix it now or it will become a problem in short order.
 
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