So, for those who think a D-44 is a big deal...
To make a long story short, rear passenger bearing went bad so I decided to change both sides..
Drivers side went flawlessly but not so for passenger's.. After a few days a big puddle of gear lube
formed on inner side of rim announcing a bigger issue.
Techs know that swapping oil seal often means discarding the bearing (BTW Timken SET-10) too
(sh..) but what could I do other than redo the whole job.. grrr..
This time we used bearing compound (sorta loctite 620) as, and most of You probably don't know,
on many D-44s, unexplicably, cage won't seat snug in place and in fact comes in and out by hand.
I didn't know either..
Again, after a few days, oil seeping between inner seal lips, though less this time.
In at a loss, friend said I'd better buy a new shaft (Argh) and, of course, new bearing, seal and
probably backing plate too..
Soon I might be posting a thread titled 'Tales from the cript..' as my KJ is driving me nuts!
Car, car and again..CAR!!! ( I know, three puppies.... )
PS: replaced tri-link bushings twice, even Mopar sucked..:favorites68: but this will be on another thread.
To make a long story short, rear passenger bearing went bad so I decided to change both sides..
Drivers side went flawlessly but not so for passenger's.. After a few days a big puddle of gear lube
formed on inner side of rim announcing a bigger issue.
Techs know that swapping oil seal often means discarding the bearing (BTW Timken SET-10) too
(sh..) but what could I do other than redo the whole job.. grrr..
This time we used bearing compound (sorta loctite 620) as, and most of You probably don't know,
on many D-44s, unexplicably, cage won't seat snug in place and in fact comes in and out by hand.
I didn't know either..
Again, after a few days, oil seeping between inner seal lips, though less this time.
In at a loss, friend said I'd better buy a new shaft (Argh) and, of course, new bearing, seal and
probably backing plate too..
Soon I might be posting a thread titled 'Tales from the cript..' as my KJ is driving me nuts!
Car, car and again..CAR!!! ( I know, three puppies.... )
PS: replaced tri-link bushings twice, even Mopar sucked..:favorites68: but this will be on another thread.