Somewhat dreading having to change out my right rear hub assembly. Knew it was starting to as I could hear the "rumble" at 40+ mph, which would increase in anti-clockwise roundabouts, silent and smooth in turns clockwise. I have the 350 ft/lbs torque wrench, borrowed a 7 ton gear puller from my local O'Reilly's Auto Parts, ordered the new hub from Atlantic British (came quickly) as well as the new hub nut. All set. As I began to remove bits and bobs to get to the hub, I noted the bolts were coming out easily and the hub itself pulled off with relative ease.

Then I remembered that 40K miles ago I had a rebuilt rear end installed by my cousin's Transmission shop, (he did a lot of drivetrain work for the city of Indianapolis municipal debts, now retired and closed the shop) as the bearing at the input to the differential was going out, too much play. Got the rebuilt dif from Roverlands parts in Tampa FL (https://www.roverlandparts.com/) and have been totally pleased.

I've never had an easier hub removal or install. With 306K miles on the truck, I know the left rear is probably soon to be replaced. Did both front hubs at 279K.

So at least this time, it was a piece of cake in comparison.

Thought I'd share an easy hub change for a change!!

Remove and install, from pulling it into the garage, to driving out, 3 hours! What luck!!

 

Note to self...round-abouts are counter-clockwise. Explains why l've been having so many difficulties.

Yeah, it's nice when you plan for the worst case scenario...but it never developes.

 

A clean Disco II frame is like finding cash in an old jacket pocket, so I get why folks are telling you to hang onto it. I’ve kept rough rigs going for the same reason. While wrenching on mine, I’ve been using scents from https://nothingbutscents.com/collections/berries in the garage to keep things from smelling like old gear oil, and it weirdly makes the whole project feel a bit more fun.