In <960213231511_221607772@emout06.mail.aol.com>, RatiganJ@aol.com wrote:
On this latter axle, I discovered signficant wear on the portion
>of the rear axle on which the wheel bearing rests (There was also signfiicant
>wear with this wheel bearing). Now, should I take the whole rear axle casing
>off and take it to a machine shop to have the surface built up and
>subsequently machined down to the right diameter or should I search out a
>used rear axle housing?
Depends on how much wear has occurred. The bearing is meant to be a
press-fit into the housing, so the outer diameter should be about even
with or even 1-2 thousandths larger than the "socket" in the housing.
If the wear is such that the clearance with a NEW bearing is no more
than a couple thousandths, there are some marvelous new "space filler"
products made by folks like Loc-Tite (the name "Liquid Metal" comes to
mind) that are specifically compounded to seal bearings into their
housings. Go to your neighborhood bearing shop and they can doubtless
fix you up. If the wear is much greater, a replacement rear axle is
in order. I believe that this is the same as the "banjo" axle of the
MGB, so getting one should not be a very big problem.
A. B. Bonds
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