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...Repair bearing has fit the worn axle which will pull right out leaving the bearing in place inside the housing. From there you can clean the axle up real quick and test the repair bearings.
Just wanna add, look for metal particulate in the fluid. It will eventually cause serious trouble and total seal/bearing replacement. Cleaning these at home takes hourrrrs. The rolled tube format of 150's leaves an inner ridge that collects metallic paste. I turned a long triangular SS BBQ brush into a bore brush, and extended it w pvc pipe. V v tedious cleanup. I could tell someone did a quickie and sold it to me... requiring a 2nd new axle, and all axle & differential bearings and seals, crush washer. My 1st time...
The Dorman bearings are junk. I'd recommend going Timken/Koyo/National/Richmond/Yukon over those. Randy's is a really good resource, and sometimes they're pretty comparable in price.
Eight threads in three days... gotta be a new record.
I wanted a shout out to Ohio for the VC bolts. I'll at least get the easy side done today, lol. Not sure I'll get to the passenger side.... it's up against the wall in the garage, and I'm in lazy mode.
And from the "well, that sucks" wagon: The door turned out great, but it's about 1/2" too wide (or rather, the opening is about 1/2" too narrow). 😠 When the bullnose was mudded in, it decreased the opening width enough that the door doesn't fit. Guess I'll get the saw horses and circular saw out and trim down the sides (another day, tho).
Last edited by OhioLariat; Apr 3, 2022 at 03:10 PM.
That blade rocks. A friend of mine is a retired carpenter, and his specialty was hanging and fitting doors. He's taught me a couple awesome tricks for using a circular saw to cut doors, and that was the blade he recommended.
