Front Axles for 10 bolt Front Hubs-1.5 ton Australian Chevrolet Trucks 1940-1945

[Bob Carriere]

You are correct David....... I would be happy to find the barrel roller bearing or the Timken rollers......... just hoping to find better than the ball bearing bicycle setup.

I tried to do a swap on a 46 to 1951 axle..... the Hyatt were bigger diameter and then center ID too big for the spindle........ HUB, Bearings, spindle must match............ still hunting for a larger HD axle.

Thanks

Bob C.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Bob Carriere

You are correct David....... I would be happy to find the barrel roller bearing or the Timken rollers......... just hoping to find better than the ball bearing bicycle setup.

If you have the Outer diameter and Bore diameter of the Angular Contact Ball Bearings, you can look up if there is a Tapered Roller Bearing in the same size using these SKF tools:

http://webtools3.skf.com/BearingCalc...Product.action
https://www.skfbearingselect.com/

You can also see how much you gain in Basic load ratings.

HTH,
Hanno

[Bob Carriere]

Will take some careful measurements today and check it out.\

for the time being we are fighting a snow blizzard....only 4 inches on top of the mud but the snow is moving sideways.....300,000 customers without power in Central Quebec..... we are still enjoying electricity for now.

This as to be the longest Winter yet.

Bob C.

[Bob Carriere]

Hyatt bearings on Ebay...... ranging from 11.00 for just the race......to $20.00 and full bearings same Hyatt at $386 and a Timken at $650.......all the same number......

Pays to shop around.........ridiculous........

[Philippe Jeanneau]

Would the answer related to the front spindle/hub bearings be located here on page 37 of the PDF?

https://www.gmheritagecenter.com/doc...olet-Truck.pdf

For a brief moment after reading this, I thought that you could fit the spare HD hubs shown in the photos directly to my axle, but that would not be possible due to the fact that the king pins and spindles are larger in diameter...

[Bob Carriere]

Will be measuring the spindle on the spare axle with bicycle bearings......

Thanks for sharing.

[Bob Carriere]

My Outer bearing location on the spindle......0.848 factory 0.8427 to 32

Inner bearing location on the spindle.........1.413 factory 1.4051 to 56

That makes my spindle on the worn side but.......

....it is listed on page 34 as conventional..... heavy duty..... and my spare axle has the proverbial ball bearing bicycle bearings.

So it remains that the only other axle with larger spindle seems to be the COE which might have the roller bearings.....Hyatt Barrel roller.....

I have been working and learning by taking apart a spare front axle which according to the cast number on the I beam was made for 1946 to 51.....

I have yet to fully examine the actual axle of the targeted 1940 1 1/2 ton Chev that is still frozen hard to the ground with 12 to 18 inches of snow and ice around it.