[Tigers] Replacing rear axle bearings

[Tom Witt]

You might find this article by Dan Walters helpful. 
http://www.tigersunited.com/techtips/WaltersPuller/rt-WaltersHubPuller1.asp 
Pulling the hubs is necessary. Everyone has had different experiences 
but I found the hubs extremely difficult to remove. Likewise getting the 
axles out of the rear tubes. I had written about it in the "Tiger 101" 
article at Tigers United. Unfortunately when Steve had the arduous task 
of changing the whole site format the pages got corrupted. Even though 
the article's page advance doesn't work beyond page 2 I was able to 
/backdoor/ my way to the text portion of later pages (below):

/- I nearly knocked the car off jackstands trying to remove the axles 
and to make matters worst later the hubs wouldn't come off either. //I 
tried for days to get those hubs off. Finally I bolted the hub/axle to a 
steel rim, suspended it between two saw horses put a thick steel plate 
over the backed-off nut, applied heat and oil and it still took about 15 
overhead, full force whacks from a 10 pound sledge hammer before they 
finally came loose. I commented on the Tiger list that I would have 
chained the rearend to a tree stump and thrown it over a cliff to get 
those hubs off. But, knowing my good fortunes the stump would have 
ripped loose, I would have lost the rearend and the Save the Trees 
people would have had me fined for ruining a perfectly good tree stump!/

/
/

I don't say this to discourage you, but do be prepared because it MIGHT 
be difficult beyond the simplicity manuals often state.



On 2/4/2022 6:43 AM, steve wick via Tigers wrote:
> I believe the rear end is a Dana 44, like used in older Jeeps. You 
> might try a search based on that.
>
> Steve
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> *From:* Tigers <tigers-bounces at autox.team.net> on behalf of Terry 
> Lawell via Tigers <tigers at autox.team.net>
> *Sent:* Thursday, February 3, 2022 9:45 AM
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> *Subject:* [Tigers] Replacing rear axle bearings
> Does anyone have a comprehensive write-up or video of how to replace the
> rear wheel bearings on my all original 66 tiger?
>
> Cheers, Terry
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