Final drive bearings

crazy steve

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05-14-2010, 10:08 AM

Originally posted by jmnjrpa

...I found 2 roller bearings in the case and 1 on the rack.

Whoops! I forgot about the inner bearing/seal for the ring gear...sorry. I was just polishing, so I didn't generate nearly the heat. And I taped over the bearing to keep gunk out of it, so it wasn't seen for most of this work.

The ol' memory ain't what it used to be..

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