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Old 12-09-2022, 11:43 AM
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Originally Posted by gtobob67 View Post
Here's a picture of an original bearing instruction sheet I have showing the correct bearing is a cylindrical roller and not a tapered roller bearing. Tapered rollers do not like endplay whereas cylindrical bearings can live with a bit.
No, they don't at all. That is C-clip axle ground.

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Put a .060" shim behind the bearing race in the axle tube?
That may be the interim solution, especially if the end play is the same and both seals are undersized.



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I bet you have the wrong seal on there. The 71426 original Timken seal measured .490.
My seal measures 0.375"


Last edited by Scarebird; 12-09-2022 at 12:23 PM.