redoxide
07-11-07, 07:38 PM
Chaps and Chapesses, today i was servicing the rear axle in the pickup. new brakes bearings etc..
anyways the rear bearings were right noisy and grunbly particularly on one side so I just decided to do both for good measure.
Having stripped the shafts out I find to my horror that the bearing in this type of rear end (8.8 ford) is a pretty cheap affair.
The bering is a roller type rthat is fitted in the casing, the rolloers then run on a hardened part of the half shaft.
Unfortunately the halfshaft bearing face is marked with the ususal pocks and kinda defeats the purpose of fitting new bearings...
The question is do the shafts have to be replaced, or is there some repair ring that can be used?? seems an expensive fix for something that is a service item!
If the shafts are cheap enough I would consider it, if not i will shelve the bearings for the time being and save for shafts in the future.. Unless someone has a secret stash for cheep...
ALSO whist reading up on these rear ends It would appear that the usual Volvo rear ends were infact 8.8s suplied by Ford... since most of the available Ford ones are the 2.7 ish ratio would it be a viable proposition to use a set of volvo gears to up things numerically, or would it just be cheeper to buy new "Ford" gears ...
Buying new runs the risk of buying chinese garbage, whereas the volvo ones are guaranteed manufacturers quality..
anyone any opinions on any of the above ?
anyways the rear bearings were right noisy and grunbly particularly on one side so I just decided to do both for good measure.
Having stripped the shafts out I find to my horror that the bearing in this type of rear end (8.8 ford) is a pretty cheap affair.
The bering is a roller type rthat is fitted in the casing, the rolloers then run on a hardened part of the half shaft.
Unfortunately the halfshaft bearing face is marked with the ususal pocks and kinda defeats the purpose of fitting new bearings...
The question is do the shafts have to be replaced, or is there some repair ring that can be used?? seems an expensive fix for something that is a service item!
If the shafts are cheap enough I would consider it, if not i will shelve the bearings for the time being and save for shafts in the future.. Unless someone has a secret stash for cheep...
ALSO whist reading up on these rear ends It would appear that the usual Volvo rear ends were infact 8.8s suplied by Ford... since most of the available Ford ones are the 2.7 ish ratio would it be a viable proposition to use a set of volvo gears to up things numerically, or would it just be cheeper to buy new "Ford" gears ...
Buying new runs the risk of buying chinese garbage, whereas the volvo ones are guaranteed manufacturers quality..
anyone any opinions on any of the above ?