Outer Wheel Bearings

[Phil Waterman]

Hi Gary

This damage is as you probably guessed caused by the universal joint bolts getting loose hitting the heads of the transmission bolts. Yours is the worst busted up one I've seen. Interestingly yours appears to be cast iron while all the ones on my truck are pot metal.


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From the Chevy parts book it was used over wide period 38-4? with the 4 speed transmission with open drive shaft. All of the non-CMP ones I have seen have the speedometer drive in them. But that doesn't cause a problem you will just need to plug the speedo drive and bearing holes. In fact the transmission in my C60L which is a `41 had the complete speedometer drive assembly in the retainer.

If you can not find one on a junk transmission. You might try Obsolete Chevrolet Parts http://www.obschevy.com/ I've had good luck find parts through them, I check on line to see if they had it but didn't see it listed, but they have had other stuff I've needed that was not listed or once I described it they had another part that would fit or interchange. May take sending them a picture of your part.

Cheers Phil

[Stew Robertson]

Hey Gary what's under the kilt?
I think the balls fell out!

[Harry Moon]

The cause is not loose bolts but the lack of the spacer ring on the output shaft. I'll look up the thread and pictures from several years back on this forum. It's a ring made of flat steel 3/8ths wide wrapped around the shaft and butt welded. It keeps the output flange from being drawn up to tight against the transmission. the ring is NOT in the parts book and the military output flange is 3/8ths shorter than a civvy one.

[Harry Moon]

Originally Posted by Harry Moon

The cause is not loose bolts but the lack of the spacer ring on the output shaft. I'll look up the thread and pictures from several years back on this forum. It's a ring made of flat steel 3/8ths wide wrapped around the shaft and butt welded. It keeps the output flange from being drawn up to tight against the transmission. the ring is NOT in the parts book and the military output flange is 3/8ths shorter than a civvy one.

http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...?t=8976&page=4
Look up post 116(?) on this thread Gary for the transmission cause/fix

[gary_bath_jr]

Hey Harry

Thanks for that info. Is there a trick to geting the cover of the transfer case off? I have tried to take the smalled peice off the cover and the cover but it will not budge around the spot where that flange is, (check the pics of the transfer case in previous posts).

Gary

[gary_bath_jr]

I went out and took some pictures of the part I am talking about.

Gary

[gary_bath_jr]

Well I figured it out, Brute force and ignorance works everytime. I had to use a small sledgehammer but the cover finally came off. The great news is that all the gears and bearings look good, all I need to get is new seals and gaskets.

Gary