well, the hoe is down waiting for the new trans. being that its down for awhile i want to go ahead and replace the bearings. now i have a detroit C locker in it so the bearing there are good. but when i bought it, it came with a ton of other bearings and such. i'm not sure where the all go. there are about 5 other bearings that i have no clue where they go. all are timekin but two. they are part number lm102949 Koyo made in japan. are these any good? i'm guessing these are the outer bearings. i got the install kit from 4 wheel parts dot com.

how many bearings are in the rear not including the ones on the diff? i'm going to do some research also but thought i'd ask incase i can't find anything good.

 

i know there are bearings on the hubs. when you pull the axles out youll see them.. and they got a pinion bearing...

 

There a total of 6 bearings in the rear axle. 2 pinion bearings, 2 carrier bearings and 2 axle bearings.

 

thanks, now the koyo bearings i have are the outer axle bearings. are the koyo bearings any good? and where can i get seals for the axle?

 

Koyo???

 

Timekin's are in everything i own.. ha, they are the factory bearings in all the honda 4wheelers i have worked on and thats whats i put in the rear end on my truck.

you should be able to just go to the local parts store and pick up some seals. thats what i did.

 

timekin it is i guess then. i may wait till i get the other parts i want for back there. like stronger axles and a girdle.

 

i went to napa for my bearings... No problems after 30,000+ miles

 

Mike, what finaly gave out on the trans? Havent talked to you in awhile, I've been stupid busy. Did you ever make it back to the track?

 

not sure yet. waiting on my finish line trans to show up. then i'll send the old one back to them. after that i'll find out what it was. they ask me not to take it apart, so they can inspect it and see what went wrong.


haven't made it to the track i was afraid of the trans going. instead i race a mustang on the streets. i had it in high boost and he was barely walking on me. i'm talking very little until i hit third. well it went from 5600 rpm to red line on a free rev then hit third. but when it hit third i realed him back in until we hit traffic. so second gear wasn't happy. the trans was hot as hell i could feel the heat. and this is with my huge *** tru cool.

so while it sit i figured i'd do the rear end bearings and what not.