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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Automotive Insanity > Horrible Mechanical Failures: Looks Like the Tin Man's Undies After Taco Tuesday
 
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I ate Jesus
Feb 27, 2001

trouser chili posted:

Ooopsie.



This is the passenger front spindle on the scout. I drove it 30 miles after the bearing started moaning. Note the bearing race (which is normally a unit with the caged rollers) appears to be welded to the spindle itself. I may end up trashing this spindle.

Ha, been there and done that a few times, but on Dana 44s. I was able to save the spindle each time, it just took some TLC with fine emery cloth :). It was a bitch and a half to get off, though -- I ended up using a claw puller.

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I ate Jesus
Feb 27, 2001

trouser chili posted:

That is a Dana 44. Maybe it looks different because the spindle is IH.

I guess that would explain why it looks so familiar, it does look a little different in IH form. Did you ever get it off? I had constant bearing problems running bigger (36-38") tires on the D44. Just early failure and sticking to the spindle, but I basically just resigned myself to pulling and repacking the bearings after every weekend in the woods. I was just glad I wasn't snapping axle shafts :).

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