Need help identifying ball bearing

[JDa]

So I am in the middle of changing the driver side cv axle and I find a ball bearing laying on the ground that I have no idea where it came from. I have changed the axle shaft seal and lower ball joint, I have removed the normal items to include: cv axle, brake caliper, etc. I can't figure where it came from. Could it have fallen out of the AutoZone ball joint press? Need any help I can get, wife delivered new baby 3 weeks early so I have to get this back together, thanks.
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[M38 Bob]

What brand press? My SnapOn has a bearing inside the Acme threaded shaft to allow it to press the tooling more freely.

Bob


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[JDa]

Box say OEM tools. Bearing is 1/2".

I am wracking my brains as I didn't open the boots on the cv axle assembly and the only two new things I introduced yesterday were the ball joint press and removing the brake calipers. Can someone confirm there are no ball joints in caliper system? I don't see anything in the service manual and I have never seen that before?

My knowledge base on this stuff is low as I am relying on manual, internet and stuff my dad taught me 30 years ago.

 

[M38 Bob]

Do you still have the press, or already returned it? I'd bet it's the source of the bearing.

Bob


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[JDa]

Appreciate the help I am leaning towards ball joint press as well. I just went outside and the ball bearing drops right into the shaft with no issue. I will verify when I take back to the store.

 

[HoosierJeeper]

I doubt it's from the Jeep.

 

[Cpt Marvel]

I ALWAYS have extra nuts, bolts, screws or whatever when I'm done working on something. Be it a car or a washing machine. Save em and figure it out later!

 

[ltd02]

I ALWAYS have extra nuts, bolts, screws or whatever when I'm done working on something. Be it a car or a washing machine. Save em and figure it out later!

Good thing you aren't a surgeon :happy175:

 

[dude1116]

Maybe you just lost a marble working on your Jeep? :shrug:

Happens to me all the time.

 

[JDa]

Wanted to close this one out. Definitely came from press. After closer dissection the press end has a concave end to sit on the ball bearing.

Thanks to everyone who weighed in, greatly appreciate the help.

 

[profdlp]

Glad you figured it out, and good luck with the new baby!