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Old 10-21-2018, 10:53 PM   #5
Savary
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Join Date: Oct 2018
Location: Duluth, Minnesota
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Re: Replaced bent axle 1976 Chevy G 20

No, I added the oil. I needed to put the wheel on so I could move it to the opposite side of street. We have alternated parking, already have one ticket. In park the wheel spun, and splines are good on old shaft.

Like I said, i needed to move it, let it coast backward (I am right on the alley) in to the alley and then minimal drive down until downhill slope let me coast. In drive the jacked up wheel did not spin, but you could hear the clank-clank of gears not meshing. It wasn't a terrible grind just the same thing I got when i spun it by hand.

I'll have to drop the pan, again, when i have time (back at work tomorrow) to see what's up but still sounds crazy to me. It might be that what driving I did on the bent axle caused excess wear in the spider gear, because i also noted excess in and out play before i let the wheel down off the jack. I do know the c-clip and gear were as supposed to be, because I pushed the axle out before installing the pin in the diff, then pushed the axle in toward the center and out again to be sure it was seated in the slot good. I just wish I would have taken the time, then, to spin the hub and I surely would have seen something amiss.

Last edited by Savary; 10-21-2018 at 10:55 PM. Reason: typos
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