With the bearings out you could plainly hear the rumble noise in the outer driver side bearing! Cleaned up everything will be replacing the expendables. Have a question about axle diameter. It looks to me that the non contact area of the axle measures 1.5743 inch on both my new and OEM style axles. Does anyone know the target diameter for the proper running fit to the bearing ( 40mm x .03937 =1.5748 )? Our driver side axle at the front bearing measures 1.5702 and is grooved and will need replacing. My concern is the passenger side axle. The rear bearing interface measures 1.5742 ish (great!) but the front area interface measures 1.5726 no galling or tracks. I’m inclined to replace that axle as well or does this still have life left in it?
For reassembly I found an old infopop that talked about after installing the bearing in the upright first then placing the upright in the oven at 150 degrees for 30 minutes and the axle in the freezer. Pressing them together with the help of expansion/contraction. Is this the best way or has someone come up with something better?
