m 37 resto in new brunswick

[Bob Carriere]

Hi Paul

I love your enthusiasm...... ah to be young again.....

Now that you have the front axle apart..... you know the two half pieces that holds the U-joint in grease..... on the back side you have a hole that allows the connecting rod to bolt in place..... make sure your holes are perfectly round and tapered.... they tend to wear OVAL.... and at speed will give you a bad shimmy...even with new tie rods... just looking at them may not show the wear.... you might want them checked by a machine shop.....

Also make sure you brass cone bearings are not two worn out and.....assuming you have the shop manual for the dodge front axle.... amke sure you use the proper shims when re-assembling....too loose will be hard to align/steering properly.... too tight will be a bitch steering at slow speed on hot sticky pavement.....

Now get back to work....

Boob

[pauljboudreau]

Originally Posted by Bob Carriere

Hi Paul

I love your enthusiasm...... ah to be young again.....

Now that you have the front axle apart..... you know the two half pieces that holds the U-joint in grease..... on the back side you have a hole that allows the connecting rod to bolt in place..... make sure your holes are perfectly round and tapered.... they tend to wear OVAL.... and at speed will give you a bad shimmy...even with new tie rods... just looking at them may not show the wear.... you might want them checked by a machine shop.....

Also make sure you brass cone bearings are not two worn out and.....assuming you have the shop manual for the dodge front axle.... amke sure you use the proper shims when re-assembling....too loose will be hard to align/steering properly.... too tight will be a bitch steering at slow speed on hot sticky pavement.....

Now get back to work....

Boob

thanks lol

wich hole are you talking about? the one with the 4 bolt that holds the two peice of the knuckle togheter? i noticed they have some shearpin is that wath you are talking about?

yep got the service manual, will preload those king pin

yup tomorow around 9 going to retreive the 53 that i sold and salvage one of the two rear axle under her, back to work i will be

[Bob Carriere]

.... check the hole in the bottom half...... where the tierod bolts to the axle.... that's the one that usually wear OVAL..... running chains on the front axle in Winter at high speed usually f**ks them up in one season.....

Boob
EX-M37 nut...... now insane with SeaHemPeas.....

[Bob Carriere]

.. the last one....center of picture .... the part that is most to the front.... the large hole is visible...... that is where the tie rod fits....

Bob

[pauljboudreau]

thanks will take a look, now that you say that, the tie rod where suspiciouly easy to get out of the taper, they migth be out of round