1933 Drive Shaft Roller Bearing Removal

[Tim Brown]

I was on a trip from California out thru Pueblo Colorado and back. While in Durango, that roller bearing failed. At a coffee shop in town, some local folks gave me the number of a guy that had EV8 cars and parts. Once I made contact with him, he crawled under a car that was sitting in the dirt on its brake drums, motor and trans were already missing. He fished an original ford bearing out of the torque tube end and it was covered in years of grease. We cleaned it up in the solvent tank, installed it in my 34 3w and were on the road again by lunchtime. Total cost? No charge. That Ford bearing, compared to the aftermarket bearing that failed, was way nicer. From now on I will always use an original bearing in that spot. We were proud of how fast we pulled that rear end and got it back together that day. Made it to Pueblo then back thru Salt Lake City and home to Colfax Ca. All that was about 12000 miles ago. The used bearing is still in there going strong!