fishmand

I switched to mobil1 in a dodge van because of the clatter at startup. went away when i switched to mobil 1. After that i began to put mobil1 in my chevy. at 60 k i had the valve seal replaced the guy that did it said it was spotless and when he adjusted the lifters the oil would not fling off. Now it has 184 K on it and stil nevers misses a beat and going for 200k

Hi thanks for the reply. Yes im talking about the short rear axel and not the half shaft. What i noticed after the brake drum spinning on the rear axel I could grab the axel and move it. This is when i thought the chucking back and force could have ruined the axel and bearings. ( i picked up a haynes manual 1600 & 1800) page 10-17 if you have that book). Bottom pisture shows 2 tapered bushing that go into the inear suspension. looking at the picture mine is different. there is a bearing, race,inear spacer same size as the race, race and another bearing. It came out as 1 unit since it by gentle tapping it out to the inside. After looking at it it all pressed up againt a shoulder on the axel shaft. The book references a single large sealed bearing. After getting it out i noticed that i the bearings were not all pressed together therefore the bearing were not totaly up against the races. I theb pressed this all back together and reinstalled it ibn the car and tightened the ring nut. It all seems solid now but how did it get that way??? I just got the car and havnt drivin it much yet, i like to fix everything so i can depend on it. front half shaft,rear half shaft, new drum on rear 2 wheel cynlinders, also a few patches in the floor. another day or two and i be ready to save gas and have fun. Any way the parts stores dont seem to know crap other than the number it spits out. they ordered me a front wheel drive rear drum with no spindle in the center. Do you know of any good online sites for subie parts?? anyways i think i got the problem fixed thanks alot for your help. Dave Fisher

Hi I had a problem with the rear wheel on a 80 hatch where the rear drum would spin on the rear spindle. It appears that the rear drum was the problem but the rear axel was also a little messed up. With the rear drive axel removed i can grab the axel a chuck it back and forth (bad bearings?) i got the ring nut off and the axel removed. Well the book shows and mentions tapered rollers and references large sealed bearing it appears mine has two bearings and a center spacer but looks different than the book. Any help out there and what is a good online parts place. Thank you Dave Fisher fishmand6284@yahoo.com