On my 2000 TJ, I have a Dana 35 and have been having a chronic problem of a leaking seal at the wheel flange. I took my Jeep to a shop and found out that the races within the axle where the Axle bearings are located rotate within the axle. Is this supposed to happen? I thought that the races are supposed to be pressed within the axle, whereas mine slid right in. Also, they found that the race has side to side moverment.....not good.
Your race has been spun.
You are correct, that's not good...
I have heard of folks having limited success by having a machine shop put a hammer peened sleeve in there with a special loctite product to get the race reseated solid.
Other than that, expect to fry bearings every couple months until you replace the rear end housing.
Same thing happened to me on the front on my Dana 30. I had to finally toss the spindle hub in the garbage. Changing or tightening the wheel bearings after every run got tiring fast.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT'sWillysGuy wrote:
Temporary fix would be to take some thin brass shim stock - .005 or so
- and put a .5 inch or so piece at 3 spots around the outside of the race then drive it in. It won't last forever but I drove one axle that way for nearly a year before I swapped out the rear end. The
3-pt shims will center it pretty well and the friction will hold it. You may need thicker or thinner shims but you can determine that with a feeler guage. Temporary, but good enough to work until you can fix it right.To get a little more life out of something like that I used to do the 'peen and press' with a centerpunch in the housing to tighten things up and Locktite away.. I wasn't a *long-term* solution, but I do remember finishing out a summer on a racing MC. This was back when we still had real Limey bikes to race. I don't know if that's anything that transfers to
4 wheelers. Apologies to BSA, Triumph, Norton, etc enthusiasts. - m
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