My 72 had been sitting in a garage since 1985 and it literally had only been rolled onto tow beds since I got it two years ago. I am slowing getting it back on the road but I've only gone a few miles -- I hear a consistent scrape, scrape, scape sound from the passenger side rear that sounded more like bearing than a rubbing brake/out of round drum. It increases and decreases with speed.
So I finally pulled the axles yesterday to check the bearings and I noticed that the passenger bearing collar is much smaller than the driver's side and it looks like it's dug a groove in the collar race area in the housing. I've put pics below to show the driver and passenger axles and housings. The bearings seem ok even though they are at least 30 years old. I bought new ones today but the collars are much too small. The bearings seem correct and they slide all of the way down. I picked up the RW-207-CCRA bearings.
Here are my questions:
1. Is the original passenger collar correct?
2. Does only the collar get pressed on? Does the bearing slide on without being pressed?
3. If I get the correct collar, is the housing so chewed up that I'll just need a new housing? I got a seal to check how well a new one would fit and it looks like only 50% of the collar would seat. After the groove, nothing would touch until the bearing.
Any help is welcome!
Passenger side:
Passenger side axle:
Driver side:
Driver side axle:
So I finally pulled the axles yesterday to check the bearings and I noticed that the passenger bearing collar is much smaller than the driver's side and it looks like it's dug a groove in the collar race area in the housing. I've put pics below to show the driver and passenger axles and housings. The bearings seem ok even though they are at least 30 years old. I bought new ones today but the collars are much too small. The bearings seem correct and they slide all of the way down. I picked up the RW-207-CCRA bearings.
Here are my questions:
1. Is the original passenger collar correct?
2. Does only the collar get pressed on? Does the bearing slide on without being pressed?
3. If I get the correct collar, is the housing so chewed up that I'll just need a new housing? I got a seal to check how well a new one would fit and it looks like only 50% of the collar would seat. After the groove, nothing would touch until the bearing.
Any help is welcome!
Passenger side:
Passenger side axle:
Driver side:
Driver side axle: