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Old 09-04-2013, 12:55 AM   #19
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Re: Rat repair.

Today was masking and painting day, i didn't get any pictures yet.

I grabbed my spindles and the needle bearings and took off on another supply run and to the auto parts house/machine shop, when i got there i put my spindles on the counter and grabbed a chair, i looked at my spindles and my heart sank, I never inspected them closely after i took them off and i got the last one off after sunset, there was some pretty bad wear marks on both outer bearing seats, closer inspection showed not only wear but one of then had been staked with a center punch in 2 or 3 places in an attempt to keep them from spinning, you can see the chatter marks. Using there calipers it looked to be about .002 wear, pretty bad.

So Off to Billy Bobs i go, the local 4X4 shop, I walked out the door with a receipt for $326 and change, my new spindles will be in tomorrow, could i have found then cheaper on line? Probably, but right now my time is limited and i need to concentrate on the task at hand. I need a money tree now!

Drive shaft U-Joints tomorrow
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