hoosierdaddy
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I'm getting ready to install my axles with green bearings and I'm wondering I should use any kind of lube on the o-rings and any trick to compressing the snap rings ?
Axle Install
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Did you take the center spacer out of the carrier case?
The best lube for O-rings is O-ring lube, a silicon product. It is sometimes difficult to find and is pricey. Second best is the treadmill grease, which is also silicon. And third is ignition grease, the stuff used on wires and point-cams.
The snapring is a stopper. When it hits the backing plate it stops, and then when you bolt on the retainer plate, it captures the snapring and thus the axle.
If you have not removed the center spacer, I have never heard of the second axle going in all the way.And if you try, you will fold your retainer plate over and ruin it.
The best lube for O-rings is O-ring lube, a silicon product. It is sometimes difficult to find and is pricey. Second best is the treadmill grease, which is also silicon. And third is ignition grease, the stuff used on wires and point-cams.
The snapring is a stopper. When it hits the backing plate it stops, and then when you bolt on the retainer plate, it captures the snapring and thus the axle.
If you have not removed the center spacer, I have never heard of the second axle going in all the way.And if you try, you will fold your retainer plate over and ruin it.
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hoosierdaddy
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Doctor Diff chunk , no thrust button. Thanks
With the Dr.s bearings u do not need to pull the spacer. Kim
hoosierdaddy
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Well I think I have all the heavy work done on the rear end so I'll finish off a few more things and then to the motor .
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