[Bob Carriere]

Now who should I comment to first.......

Alex..... good picture..... looks like the other end of the chain is tied fast to some tender part of his lower anatomy......

Ok... I will borrow the heating pad from my Mom and the vibrator from the neighbours' wife and see if that works.

Seriously.... I have tried the grade 8 bolts but chickened out to soon I guess....... will have to try again....... with heat.

Now Rob, Phil and Alex..... I am afraid of damaging the bearing by applying heat...source is not a problem I have propane ... oxy-acetelyne.....and I realized that it is the race that must be heated of preference and not the shaft...could even shove ice cubes down the hollow shaft...... just scared of damaging the bearing.

Heck I even re read the MB manual..... which says to clean the bearing and polish the shaft with 1 1/2 inch wide emery paper taking care to cover the bearing cage with a rag..... polish my eye if it is stuck fast above the polish area it will not move much.

Now maybe some moderate heat....ice cubes in the middle and using the air impact hammer plus the impact wrench simulteneously.....ah... with two hands....say again.. where do I stick the broom handle in while doing all this......

Ok.... will try again tomorrow and see if I can do it in how many minutes again Alex.......

I just hate breaking or damaging thing.......

...and Phil.... one more questions....... how did you remove you pivot pins on the front axle...... I intend to use ( have to find one first) a 7/16 fine thread bolt down the middle of a large 3/4 inch socket to pull it out..... comments....hard to find fine thread bolts at Home depot on a Sunday....

I taking apart my axle I found NO shims inside the pivot pin cap.... according to the book it should have at least a .030 shim + absolute Nada... on top and bottom.... leads me to beleive it was disassembled before........ what did you find in yours.... I will follow the book to re-assemble tightly.

Next question ..... Where did you source the felt seal and spring??? I have some for the power wagons axles but it is almost twice the size.... is it available from supply house by the roll????? that axle design is still used today in various trucks/axle models I beleive......

Thanks for all the help and moral support guys.....

Bob C.

Alex if I fail again... do you do house calls????