Dirteatr717 Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 So I'm leaving my new job after signing paperwork and leaving to go get a drug test. Make one turn in the parking lot and boom my axle shaft is halfway out of the axle! The bearing retainer must've wallowed out and slid off since I knew this axleshaft was bent from my rollover. So I'm writing this on the side of the road. In the rain. With no windows. My luck is great lately! Pics later -__- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kolton Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 Oh man that sucks... I know the feeling. Hope you still get the job though. Unemployment is never fun. And I'm a fan of your build and I wanna see more wheelin pics! First day of a job I got by having my friend stick his neck out for me. Go out to start the truck and head to the site. Starters dead.. Wife was already at work so I had no way to get parts or even to the site. The kicker is that my wife made me sell my motorcycle the day before... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirteatr717 Posted November 1, 2013 Author Share Posted November 1, 2013 Finally got it back together and got home. There were only 2 d44 axle shaft bearings in stock on this entire island! I called every parts store and of course the only 2 in stock are on the opposite side of the island an hour away so I made my mom pick it up and drop it off so I could press the bearing and retainer on with a block of woodand a deep socket i thought i didnt need and a harbor fright hammer that ended up getting bent because of the furious pounding. This is always a great sight And here's the old bearing with less than 1k miles on it... The inner race cracked all the way through and allowed enough play for the retainer to take on the roll of holding the shaft in place but that didn't last for more than 5 feet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 The retaining setup on the mj d35 axles is IMHO very poor for such an otherwise tough truck. When i replaced the bearings on my rear 35 i noticed that the plate has bowed enough that i needed to shim it out to get enough pressure on the bearing. My plan is to take the measurements and get some new ones made out of thicker steel plate. Or get another axle that has the C clip retainers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirteatr717 Posted November 3, 2013 Author Share Posted November 3, 2013 I have a Dana44, my guess is that my axle shaft is bent enough to wallow out the bearing and it cracked and walked its way off the axleshaft and slipped right out, go go gadget style Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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