Re: D44 rear bearing replacement

[Damon Gentile <damonfg@domain.elided>]

Date: Wed, 05 May 1999 11:40:17 PDT
From: "Cam Dingwall" <camdingwall@domain.elided>
Subject: Re:  D44 rear bearing replacement


#>
#>Morning Digesters,
#>
#><<    You need a machine shop to seat the new
bearings on the axle shafts.
#>You can pull the old race out with a puller. The
bearings are initially
#>lubed with grease, but; after install the axle
lube keeps them lubed. >>
#>
#>This was discussed quite some time ago, but to
recap. IH used two different
#>types of bearings on the rear axles. One type
had an inner seal between the
#>bearing and the  carrier, to keep oil from going
from the carrier to the
#>bearing, which was packed in grease. The other
type of bearing had no seal
#>and depended on the oil to lubricate it. If I
remember correctly, the 
#>bearing
#>that got oil fed to it came apart like the
#typical front wheel bearing, and
#>the packed type bearing was one unit. I believe
that you can only get the
#>greased type now, and is a number A10.
#>
#>STeve
#>
#>------------------------------
#I picked up the thrust type (the one that has
#separate inner and outer 
#races) bearing a couple of years ago at NAPA.
#IMHO they are the better 
#choice for the axle.
#
#Cam Dingwall


Okay paint my butt confused.
The style that I have is a 2-piece ( I Guess ).
the race is pressed into the axle tube and
when you remove the shaft it comes out with the
silly plate that retains the seal, the 'caged'
part of the bearing with ~30 exposed rollers,
and just after that there is a ring around the
shaft- looks like a retaining ring that holds
the spinny part of the bearing in place. 

History on this is I pulled the shafts to 
install a locker. On reinstall I cleaned the
spinny parts off and _oiled_ them (ya I'm a fool)
and to top it off I way overtorqued the axle
retaining bolts (hey they are 1/2" ers....)
so after loosening those up (after ~5-700 miles)
and driving a bit, there's a nasty grinding
noise coming from either side of the rear on
weight transfer such as a corner or bump. 

Could (should?) I try to retorque the retaining
plates or pack the bearings in grease?  Or just
admit defeat and get new bearings?  The ones in
there are with a tapered race... And this is for
a 79 S II if there was a specific changeover date.

Thanks a lot,
-Damon (so very close to done with this project...)

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