Had a issue come up today while reinstalled the axles in the truck rear end that I had regeared to a 3:54 TT from a 4:10. The axles would go in all but the last half inch and the outer bearing were not seating in the housing. I was at wits end, checked to make sure the axle was not hitting the thrust block, looked for any obvious reason for the problem, nada. Called Ted Harbit, had him scratching, but no idea. Now between Ted and I, we've got a 100 years of Studebaker wrench turning between us, and we were still stumped. What did I find out the problem was ? ( Hint, it's stupid once I figured it out with the help of the rear end shop, maybe stupid enough for Ted to think I would have known better. )
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