Made the right call on the bearings. Most of the bearings had spun at some point, there was a lot of wear and from the looks of things they got HOT at some point.
Surprisingly enough, the rollers and the races looked pretty decent.
My guess is they got hot whenever the fluid broke down a few years ago. Scrubbed everything I could out of the housing really well. There was lots of grime in all the nooks and crannies but the fluid I put in last year still looked pretty good other than being dirty from the sludge in the system.
I hadn't thought about needing a break in oil change so I'll have to get some more oil. Don't want to waste the Amsoil for a break in.
The crush sleeve eliminator install was pretty simple, just tedious torquing and removing and repeating.
Helps if you put the bearing and slinger in BEFORE putting the seal on. Gahhhhh. Luckily I had a spare.
Tossed in new spider gears for good measure. The old ones were ok but definitely had a little wear. I really don't want to open this thing back up again!
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Surprisingly enough, the rollers and the races looked pretty decent.
My guess is they got hot whenever the fluid broke down a few years ago. Scrubbed everything I could out of the housing really well. There was lots of grime in all the nooks and crannies but the fluid I put in last year still looked pretty good other than being dirty from the sludge in the system.
I hadn't thought about needing a break in oil change so I'll have to get some more oil. Don't want to waste the Amsoil for a break in.
The crush sleeve eliminator install was pretty simple, just tedious torquing and removing and repeating.
Helps if you put the bearing and slinger in BEFORE putting the seal on. Gahhhhh. Luckily I had a spare.
Tossed in new spider gears for good measure. The old ones were ok but definitely had a little wear. I really don't want to open this thing back up again!