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Re: [GMCnet] Final Drive Intermediate Axle questions [message #322565 is a reply to message #322561] Wed, 23 August 2017 16:18 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Richard Denney is currently offline  Richard Denney   United States
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Yes. That would solve the spacing, but not any misalignment. I need to
figure out which is happening, but I think I'll try the replacement Manny
is sending first.

Rick "not a lot of time to research this all the way" Denney

On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 4:20 PM, Gary Kosier wrote:

> Rick,
> Have you considered the country boy trick of putting a flat washer on the
> bolt in between the bracket and block?
>
> Gary Kosier
> 77PB w/500Cad
> Newark, Ohio
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Richard Denney"
> Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2017 1:45 PM
> To:
> Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Final Drive Intermediate Axle questions
>
> I did just get an email from Manny--he's apparently been following along.
>> He's offered to send a replacement and I'm taking him up on
>> that--correcting the issue with this one will be something he's far more
>> skilled at doing than I am.
>>
>> He thinks the most likely probability is that the bracket isn't straight
>> and it's pushing the shaft too far into the final drive.
>>
>> For posterity, he tells me that the 3.21 axle bearing is indeed different,
>> with a slightly smaller inside diameter. He sleeves the shaft so that it
>> will accommodate the bearing used for the 3.07 shaft, and thus the bracket
>> is also used for that shaft. That's why there's no tab for the strut. The
>> bearing used for the original 3.21 shaft is obsolete and no longer
>> available. If I'm understanding correctly, he also sleeves the seal race
>> where it enters the final drive to use a better quality seal.
>>
>> This is a most unusual problem--it's never happened to him before. I have
>> suspicion that this bracket was on a vehicle that had some damage that
>> pushed the bracket inboard in way that is hard to see. It wouldn't take
>> much.
>>
>> Rick "good discussion--thanks" Denney
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 1:10 PM, Richard Denney
>> wrote:
>>
>> ...
>>>
>>> I'll bet I'm going to find that the bracket isn't really square--the
>>> mounting tabs and the part to which the bearing retainer attaches should
>>> be
>>> plano-parallel, and those tabs should be at a right angle to the axle or
>>> the bearing will bind.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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