m35a2 bad rear wheel seal

[gringeltaube]

You can remove the hot rivets from the rear spindles, machine them, then reinstall with grade 8 or 10 bolts and nuts with good lockwashers. Same as the front spindles. They are bolted on and they stay...

Huh? The rivets on the rear axle only hold the brake back plate on. The spindle is made into the housing.

Calm down Welldigger; that was just a little test he made to see who was paying attention today...


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[welldigger]

Calm down Welldigger; that was just a little test he made to see who was paying attention today...


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Haha. Or maybe he was referencing that you could bolt the spindle sleeve to the flange?

 

[Jeepsinker]

No, my memory is just crap. I could have sworn the spindles were riveted onto the rear housings. Would make sense to make them replaceable. I have a rear wheel that needs servicing soon so I'll have another look soon.

 

[welldigger]

No, my memory is just crap. I could have sworn the spindles were riveted onto the rear housings. Would make sense to make them replaceable. I have a rear wheel that needs servicing soon so I'll have another look soon.

No the drive axles have the spindles welded to the axle housing. Modern otr trucks and medium duty trucks are the same way. Matter of fact the spicer axle on my kodiak has hubs built almost identical to the rockwell hubs. Difference is oil bath bearings.

 

[Jeepsinker]

Well that sucks. Better keep my rear wheel bearings well serviced then.

 

[rustystud]

This...?



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Gerhard that looks great ! A little machining on the hub and a insert made to ride on the spindle. If the insert is made from something like chromemolly steel, then I think it will last the life of the truck. Being able to use readily available modern oil seals with nice new flexible rubber compounds is a great bonus ! The kicker being able to have oil bath bearings ! No more need to constantly teardown the hub to change-out the old grease. With modern lubricants lasting as long as they do now, you will only have to teardown the hubs maybe once every 5 years. That's driving the truck daily !

 

[rustystud]

No the drive axles have the spindles welded to the axle housing. Modern otr trucks and medium duty trucks are the same way. Matter of fact the spicer axle on my kodiak has hubs built almost identical to the rockwell hubs. Difference is oil bath bearings.

Actually almost all modern manufactures of axle's use a pressed on spindle. When we get one that the bearings took a major dump on, we get the guys from unit repair to come up with there special spindle puller. First they heat up the outer housing, then using the puller remove the old spindle. The new spindle is kept on ice until it is ready to install. Then reversing the puller, they push in the new spindle. Takes about one hour to do. This way manufactures can make one model housing with multiple applications by just using different spindles.

 

[acesneights1]

Almost back together...
Putting axle in now. Snot dried up nicely.

 

[Floridianson]

No, my memory is just crap.

Welcome to the club. My memory is crap.