On Nov 9, 2006, at 1:51 PM, Schopen, Kenneth wrote:
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.
Ah, thank you. I can now add this to my growing base of Olds knowledge.
Thanks to Milton, who also confirmed this.
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
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