Originally Posted by aemravan

Took some time during lunch to brake down the rear axles. Only took an hour to pull, but I know it will take at least 3 times longer to put together with those damn rear drum brakes lol.

What I found was very significant play when holding the Axle and wiggling the backing plate, I am assuming there should be 0 play with a good bearing. One side was worse than the other but both were pretty bad.

I imagine this is the cause of the noises I’m hearing. Going to take it over to my dads press tomorrow and see if I can get this swapped out. I’m a dummy though.. I didn’t realize at all that I needed new wheel studs for the new axles… could have ordered a decent replacement online but now I’ll be picking up a Dorman replacement set from Napa in the morning. Would have been nice to go with something like an arp stud that was extended but I can’t wait.




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