Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 06:48:01 -0700 (PDT)
From: Kerry Doyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 65 Cutlass AXLES
Unbolt the retainers on the ends of the housing. Get
an axle puller (Auto Zone will loan one to you) and
jerk out the axles. Clean the axles, press off the old
bearings and retainers and press on the new bearings
and retainers.
Next remove the old axle seals and replace them with
new ones. You will need a seal puller or a slide
hammer with an attachment. The seals are pressed in
the end of the axle housing. The best way to press
them back in is to find a socket that is rhe right
diameter and hammer them back into the axle tubes.
I'm sorry, what?
The seals are outboard of the bearings on my '70 O-type 12-bolt,
meaning that one has to change the bearings to change the seal. I had
to do that just a year ago - wasted a perfectly good bearing. Are '65
O-types different?
Now, my '79 RX-7 has sealed axle bearings with the axle seal pressed
into the housing inboard of the bearing, as you describe.
If this has already been discussed, I apologize. I'm catching up on
digests.
On digest mode, so I'm a little slow...
Kevin Wright
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX http://
www.wankel.net/~krwright/cars/olds/70Olds.html
'71 Cutlass S for sale, less engine and trans: http://www.wankel.net/
~krwright/cars/olds/71_cutlass.html
Snoopy: 1970 Oldsmobile Cutlass S Sports Coupe - It wants to be a
W-31! And have EFI, 4-wheel discs, a 6-speed, a turbo or two... :)
...and a '71 Holiday Coupe less engine/transmission for sale - it'll
be parts if someone doesn't buy it!
