Re: Driveshaft Bearing

Posted by Dan Partain on April 09, 1997 at 00:24:23

In Reply to: Re: Driveshaft Bearing
posted by Dean Travis on April 08, 1997 at 16:13:08

: :Just did the same thing!Pull off tube , remove the ring band that fits the grove in the drive shaft and the bearing should slide out. My bearing was in many pieces.The sleeve on the other hand was tough! I managed to break it in half to remove it! Seemed the easiest way.I took sand paper and lightly sanded the inside of the tube to remove any rust. Then I washed the tube out with gas and wiped it out till clean and dry. I then put a little grease on the outside of the sleeve and slid it back into the tube. Make sure to line up the indentation of the tube with the sleeve correctly! If the tube is cleaned properly the sleeve should slide back in! Sound easy? It took me two tries and two sleeves to learn this one!
Thanks for the reply, looks like I have some work ahead getting that sleeve out.
BTW, I assume that the inner part of the bearing just rides on the driveshaft, how did yours look after having the bearing come apart. I suppose that the section of the driveshaft that the bearing rides on is case hardened for better wearing ability and might not suffer too badly?
Thanks, -DAN

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Re: Driveshaft Bearing Dean Travis April 09, 1997 at 10:28:15(1)
Re: Driveshaft Bearing Jack Richard April 10, 1997 at 00:30:39(0)

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