Rear axle overhaul
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Huge noise from the rear axle has stopped my CA on my way back from holidays.
The rear drum was also so hot that a fire started on the rear wheel.
I suspect a sized or broken bearing as I removed the brake shoes in an attempt to drive the last 60 miles.
The workshop manual says that the retaining ring has to be broken to release the bearing. Needless to say that I don’t know how to get a new one.
Does anybody has some advices regarding this overhaul ?
Thank youHi Phil,
Having done wheel bearings on other vehicles with similar construction I would normally support the collar on a solid surface like the top of an axle stand, then with a sharp cold chisel strike the collar across the narrow bit in 2 places 180d apart. They can then be slid off or move as soon as you start to pull off the bearing. Unfortunately they are not re usable if done this way. I can probably measure a CA one and get some sizes so you could try and source a new one.
Or you could warm up the collar with a torch as the bearing is pulled off. Then use it again with some loctite to guarantee it doesn’t work loose.
Yours
John fThank you John,
The warming of the collar allowed to slide it off and back.
So no need to have some new machined.
Hope it will stay ok for the next 20 years
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