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Thanks CPG! great explanation.very helpful!
Rear axle job and pics.
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Great write up - THANKS!
Are most people that do this job cleaning and packing the old bearings or replacing them with new bearings?
Are most people that do this job cleaning and packing the old bearings or replacing them with new bearings?
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I believe that if you are taking everything apart why not replace the bearings? but it all depends on the kind of use you give to your 80 and also how much are you willing to spend
just a thought
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Does anyone have a picture off the sst?
pics from fsm
does anyone have a good source to buy the sst
the local stealership wouldn't sell me one and told me to try snapon
i made a butch one to get the job done but i would rather have the correct tool
the local stealership wouldn't sell me one and told me to try snapon
i made a butch one to get the job done but i would rather have the correct tool
Aside from the brakes(lucky), and the lockers(luckier!), is the axel breakdown the same in my 91?
If it is not a full floater, then it is not even close.
Funny you ask, I just got mine from Dan today. Call him up, Im sure he still has some. Part No. 09509-25011
There was a thread a few years ago with very good pictures of the SST and a wide variety of home-made tools to do the same job.
Try searching and let me know if you come up empty. I can probably find it with some time. Use the p/n supplied above. Maybe "OTC rear bearing" or "SST rear bearing" or something like that. Limit your search to the 80-section.
-B-
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Here are pics courtesy of dclee via Cruiserdrew's post.
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Here are pics courtesy of dclee via Cruiserdrew's post.
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Had this happen to my 80. I was able to line everything back up using a flashlight and broom handle from the hub.
It took two attempts, but the axle went in.
Bringing this thread back because its awesome, and I did it today. It needed to be done because the rear axle sat in a river for a few hours when I was stuck. Water was up to the frame. I figured water got in through a seal or the breather. Pulled it apart and there was no water anywhere. The seals and breathers did their job!
Notes:
-I was able to lock the rear locker easily by setting the rear axle on jack stands, turning the key to on, locking the cdl, locking the rear, and rotating one tire. Click!
-There was very little grease left on the bearings. Lots of gear oil though.
-I could only get the cone washers to pop out by screwing some bolts into the axle flange.
-Parts cleaners are very very useful. I wish I had one.
-What is the perferred method of removing the big seal? I pried the small one out with a screwdriver (carefully), and the large one by beating on the inner race outwards with a perfectly sized pipe.
-I could only get the small seal flush.
-I hate phillips head screws.
Notes:
-I was able to lock the rear locker easily by setting the rear axle on jack stands, turning the key to on, locking the cdl, locking the rear, and rotating one tire. Click!
-There was very little grease left on the bearings. Lots of gear oil though.
-I could only get the cone washers to pop out by screwing some bolts into the axle flange.
-Parts cleaners are very very useful. I wish I had one.
-What is the perferred method of removing the big seal? I pried the small one out with a screwdriver (carefully), and the large one by beating on the inner race outwards with a perfectly sized pipe.
-I could only get the small seal flush.
-I hate phillips head screws.
Seal puller... same one pictured in the front axle service thread. Put the hub in a vice and be careful when you pull the seal because the inner bearing might go flying across the garage and bounce off the concrete a few times and you will have to call Cruiserdan and get a new one. Not that I would ever do something stupid like that... but *you* might.
Yep, and those are easy to mess up.
-B-
Wherever they fit! I'm pretty sure the outer one is the smaller one. Once you get it all apart just look at the old ones and double check.
Edit: The inner one would have to be bigger to fit on the spindle.
I'm pretty sure the outer one is the smaller one. Once you get it all apart just look at the old ones and double check.Edit: The inner one would have to be bigger to fit on the spindle.
Ha ha they are sitting in the fridge for now cooling so I can drop them in the morning into the hub.I just don't want to remove them afterword. Old ones where very tight so I had to pound the stupid thing with the hummer a lot. if I drop wrong one I am gonnaWherever they fit!
Edit: The inner one would have to be bigger to fit on the spindle.
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Took me whole day to dissasemble just one side I had to build that sst tool for bearing nut.
