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If it's the other piece you are talking about, the larger diameter piece is the dust shield, it goes on the spindle after the seal but before the half shaft flange.
You have to be REALLY watchful on how much paint you get on the inside diameter of where the bearing housing fits into the trailing arm....along with the amount of paint on the exterior of the bearing housing. This fit is REALLY a close tolerance.
Also...if you have the set-up tool to set up your rear wheel bearings...do you have the special tool to 'press' the spindle into the bearing assembly you have installed into your bearing housing??? This 'press' toll is actually pulling yoru spindle throguh yoru bearings...and not like a typical hydraulic press.
The one I have looks like the photo below.
I know and have had members send me videos of how other people installed the spindles in other methods...obviously... you can do as you wish on that one.
Yes, I have both tools.
My arm and housing is powder coated. I tried tapping it on with a rubber mallet last night. It did not work. I probably will pull the arm back off the frame and try pressing it on tonight. I don't know what else to do.
Originally Posted by DUB
You have to be REALLY watchful on how much paint you get on the inside diameter of where the bearing housing fits into the trailing arm....along with the amount of paint on the exterior of the bearing housing. This fit is REALLY a close tolerance.
Also...if you have the set-up tool to set up your rear wheel bearings...do you have the special tool to 'press' the spindle into the bearing assembly you have installed into your bearing housing??? This 'press' toll is actually pulling yoru spindle throguh yoru bearings...and not like a typical hydraulic press.
The one I have looks like the photo below.
I know and have had members send me videos of how other people installed the spindles in other methods...obviously... you can do as you wish on that one.
One thing you will have to do is take off the powder coating that is on the trailing arm where the spindle housing is trying to fit into.
Brian
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If there is powder coating applied to the inside of the large hole for the bearing housing...it MUST be removed.
I would not press the bearing housing into your trailing arm...you can begin to venture down a path that can cause you problems later due to 'tweaking' the trailing arm in the process of pressing the bearing housing into it. You should be able to lightly tap it in place an NOT have to force the heck out of it.
Just trying to save you from other problems.
Also...here is something I look at BEFORE I rebuild trailing arms. When the trailing arm is assembled....I look at the inner bearing flange that allows the universal joint flange to attach to it. With it being basically a square shape for the 1963-1979 Corvettes. I spin the spindle and make sure that the distance of the flange to the large center hole in the trailing arm is evenly spaced when I spin the flange.
IF when I spin it and I see that the outer corner of the flange where the 7/16-20 bolt goes is really close to touching the inner dimension of the large hole of the trailing arm. That tells me that that trailing arm has seen damage and it can cause for when I rebuild it...and then go to align teh car...the alignment may be hard to achieve or not be achievable due to the trailing arm is tweaked.
09-19-2017, 08:41 AM
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