So I can't catch a break. What I hoped was a quick seal change is turning into a rebuild.
Pulled the rear hub on pass side and this is what I found.
Outer bearing
There is a small ridge where the rear bearing rides. The seal lip looks good. As you can see the bearings are crispy. I haven't knocked the inner bearing out yet but I'm not changing one and not the other.
So I'm searching for a bearing kit. Axle looks okay so I think stock replacements are fine.
Now the real question is do I just go ahead and do both side out of hand. There is evidence it's been apart and it didn't leak as far as I could tell.
My shop manual says to discard the axle bolts but they look okay. Should I just clean them up and loctite them?
So I'll go ahead and say that this is the axle that had the dually adapters on it but it also was a truck where the frame had been broken and plated so I'm sure it's been abused.
Let the conspiracy theories begin.
Pulled the rear hub on pass side and this is what I found.
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Outer bearing
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There is a small ridge where the rear bearing rides. The seal lip looks good. As you can see the bearings are crispy. I haven't knocked the inner bearing out yet but I'm not changing one and not the other.
So I'm searching for a bearing kit. Axle looks okay so I think stock replacements are fine.
Now the real question is do I just go ahead and do both side out of hand. There is evidence it's been apart and it didn't leak as far as I could tell.
My shop manual says to discard the axle bolts but they look okay. Should I just clean them up and loctite them?
So I'll go ahead and say that this is the axle that had the dually adapters on it but it also was a truck where the frame had been broken and plated so I'm sure it's been abused.
Let the conspiracy theories begin.