[FC] Differential side bearings

[Bill Wells]

All,

Tim is right on here. I rebuild diffs for friends and
local club members. I have had decent diffs come in
for a snout change that had 1/4 inch play in the
pinion shaft bearings. The last one looked fine all
the way down to the spider gear shaft inside the
carrier. One of the gears had run dry somehow and
galled the shaft big-time along with the gear, of
course. These gears shatter when they start to wobble
on the shaft. A sure failure waiting to occur to a
"good" diff. 

Thanks,
Bill
NTCA
--- N2VZD@aol.com wrote:
> If it was me i would take the differential apart!.
> on the 65 van from hell i 
> felt a little play i did not like so took it
> apart.it wasnt bad but it was 
> something not to leave be. it turned out to be the
> drivers side  carrier bearing. 
> i replaced both. the only way to be sure is to take
> it apart and look all of 
> it over carefully. if you dont it will bite you as
> far away from home as you 
> can get with it. i repacked my axle bearings with a
> product call BG synthetic 
> bearing grease. washed and washed them then repacked
> them.a good moly bearing 
> grease or  wheel bearing grease mixed with moly
> supplement and a little STP is 
> also very good. do the front bearings the same way.i
> think i posted pictures 
> of some of this on the web picture site.  
> http://www.corvair.de/n2vzd/
>   regards tim colson
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