[Bob Carriere]

Hi Phil

In the T-case the worst bearings were the idler/center bearing...badly corroded....black spot on them... one had a few of the little barrels rusted tight.... seems little lub stays on in the cneter section when parked for years. Similarly the bearing at the lower end.... outlet for the front axle had collected water and the top most rear part... the PRO for the winch had water... usupect the drain hole for the oil had become plugged.... so to be fair I am changing all bearings and races... and new seals. Now I have some concerns about the new seals... they are very light sheet metal stampings and half the thickness.... the bearing shop said to instal new seals flush with the caps..... says they are coated with a soft sealing paint/sealer that will shear off on installing and shouild seal sufficiently. Personnaly I intend to coat with mediaum strenght "blue" LocTite compound.... what did you do???

Can you explain the installation of these speedy sleeves>> do they just slip over the shaft.... what holds them in place.... sealer??? or do you need to have the shafts machined to allow for the sleeve????

I also got myself a set of aluminium seal/bearing installer kit... tapped a few races in by hand but I am afraid of damaging the lighter seals.....

U-joint...... well Rob spent some time last week taking a whole bunch apart from spare drive shafts... some C15 some C30 or what have you.... everything went well in the rebuilding until he dropped on on the floor and lost some needles... all the other spares were bigger needles..... bummer..... well we still have another C15 parts truck in the back field for Rob to play with.....

Depending on the $$ situation I intend to replace my U-joints with new ones......( tot. of 8 with the winch) so any help with parts numbers will be appreciated...... hoping the Industrial bearing solution place can cross reference some of my parts with new modern stuff. I do not want to have to do it again.......

What did you come up with on the cab 12...?? I beleive that cup size and width should be crossed referenced easily with today's computer system.......

Boob