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***ZGN*** · 02-23-2008, 08:10 PM

Well the passenger side rear axle is finally off. I beat the living mess out of the axle and it will need a bit of grinding to allow me to put the new axle nut on.
Removing this brings back a memory of when I had new tires put on at Firestone in Inverness, AL on HWY 280 about 6 years ago. Well they broke a wheel stud on this axle and they replaced it with another. Knowing what I know now they had to remove the axle to replace the stud. The next day I drove down to Flordia where my rearend, I thought, started makeing noise. When I got back I replaced the rearend and transmission with a new one, as 2nd and 5th were hard to shift into. Then I drove the car a few miles and back to the shop where it sat it idle for a few mins untill it just cut off. Well that was the last time my motor ran for the next 2.5 years. It had a bad oil injector and it scored up my rotors and I lost compression.

OK back to the Axle.
Question: when you remove the spindle what are the chances of the original bearings going back into the spindle and still working properly?

I have been driving this way to long with this roaring noise and now it is time to silence it.

02-23-2008, 08:10 PM	#4
*ZGN* Administrator Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Birmingham, AL Posts: 2,264 Rep Power: 10	Well the passenger side rear axle is finally off. I beat the living mess out of the axle and it will need a bit of grinding to allow me to put the new axle nut on. Removing this brings back a memory of when I had new tires put on at Firestone in Inverness, AL on HWY 280 about 6 years ago. Well they broke a wheel stud on this axle and they replaced it with another. Knowing what I know now they had to remove the axle to replace the stud. The next day I drove down to Flordia where my rearend, I thought, started makeing noise. When I got back I replaced the rearend and transmission with a new one, as 2nd and 5th were hard to shift into. Then I drove the car a few miles and back to the shop where it sat it idle for a few mins untill it just cut off. Well that was the last time my motor ran for the next 2.5 years. It had a bad oil injector and it scored up my rotors and I lost compression. OK back to the Axle. Question: when you remove the spindle what are the chances of the original bearings going back into the spindle and still working properly? I have been driving this way to long with this roaring noise and now it is time to silence it. Last edited by ZGN; 02-24-2008 at 12:27 PM.