Yep - Dave is right. I just got in from the garage -
Before and While Dave was writing his response - I extracted the
spare axle from behind two lawnmowers and a dirt bike, I pulled the
seal and hub from the other axle. When I let it go, it rotated down
on the jack stands and a tapered bearing came out.....
Duh.... so I ran back inside the garage and pulled the seal from the
insitu axle - the screw and slide hammer is what I resorted to. and I
put the hub back on and sure nuf - it is nice and tight.
So..... the nut on the pinion was hand tight when I removed it. I'm
wondering if I should torque it down to specs or since it's old and
unknown wear level - should I tighten to a mid level torque and put a
cotter key in?
Also - there is about 5 degrees of rotation back and forth with the
ebrake on - is that too worn out?
Thanks!!!
Chris
On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 6:05 PM, <Dave1massey@cs.com> wrote:
> In a message dated 2/22/2012 3:56:15 PM Central Standard Time,
> ccsimonsen@gmail.com writes:
>> Well, I did not want to do it but I'm going to swap out the rear axle
>> - I pulled the pinion hub off to put a speedi sleeve and a renew the
>> seal and found my pinion was quite wobbly - so could be that both
>> pinion and bearings are shot. It was on the list for a future upgrade
>> - so it will happen sooner rather than later.
>>
>
> Was it wobbly before you pulled the flange or only afterwards? The pinion
> flange nut holds the pinion shaft assembly (flange, shaft, pinion gear)
> tight against the bearings and with the flange removed the remaining shaft
is
> free to wobble about. You could be chasing a phantom.
>
> Dave
>
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