Re: repairing rear axle housing bearing races..
We had to:
Turn the axle housings down to the inside diameter of the 2 ball bearings.
Remove the hardened outer bearing from the hub.
Sleeve the hub down to the outside diameter of the ball bearings (very fine sleeve).
Fit two sealed bearings into each hub with spacers between etc.
The bearings, sleeve and spacers are are all held in place with the original hub seal retaining cir-clip. Get the idea?
No modifications to the axle are necessary.
This whole set-up keeps the drum running true and straight with no torsional stress placed on the axle. The engineer who undertook my work found that the alignment on some of the original ford roller bearing centreline to axle taper centreline can be seriously out of alignment and thus cause stress to the axle.
This mod can also make the car so much easier to push around the garage.
It might take a couple of days to get the photos posted, please be patient.
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