> Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2006 10:18:12 -0600
> From: Kevin Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: 65 Cutlass AXLES
>
> > 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?
Kevin,
Yes, the early O-Types are different than the later 1970 O-Type.
The 1970 O-Type (and the '71 and up 8.5" corporate 10 bolt rears) use
the same axle bearing and seal, which is an open bearing and a seal
that is pressed onto the axle shaft, sandwiched between the bearing
and the axle flange (Timken Set9 and 712146). The early O-Type ('67-'69)
uses a sealed bearing and the oil seal is pressed into the end of the
axle tube (RW507C and 8594S). As you can imagine from this, the axle
shafts and housings are not interchangeable between the early and late
versions. I found this out the hard way and now have three "spare"
rears in the garage.
With that said, note that the original e-mail was about a 1965 rear,
which is probably an 8.2" 10 bolt, likely of the B or P variety.
12 bolt O-Types didn't come into use until 1967.
Kenneth
1971 Cutlass Supreme convertible
Phoenix, AZ
