[Overkill]

so im driving down rt80 at 75mph and the truck jurks to the right and then bang. I was like holy shit pulled over and checked everything everything seemed fine i was about a MILE from the shop so i drove witht he flashers on driving on the shoulder get to the shop and pull both the rear axles since i have the dana 60 left rear bearing MELTED



now rember i just rebuild these a month ago nut to bolt.


After 5 hoursi got new left bearings back in top off the rear fluid Before putting in the shafts in and nothing no iol coming out or anything so i jack up the rear about 3 feet add another 1 1 1/2 quarts put i down STILL nothing



WTF/


why am i not getting oil to the bearings i ended pulling the bearing apart again and greesing them up like regular bearings but still it should have oil coming out the the ends ?












Please help me solve this its got me at witts end

 

[Evildriver-3]

This is the best i can do for you are you ready.

You rebuild the rear, you clean everything, to keep everything fromn getting dirty you stuff a rag in the axle ends, you forget to pull 1 rag out and send the axle in on the left side and now it's block oil.

If it's not that well you're on your own because i have no idea why in the world that would be, bet you didn't have this problem with your old rear.

 

[Overkill]

nope didnt leave anything inside you can see clear to the diff.

Nope didnt have that problem with the 9 1/4 but still why IS THIS happening??

 

[Evildriver-3]

OK if there is nothing in that axle tube i have no idea why it wouldn't run out, unless you have to much lift and the rear is pointed so high to meet the driveshaft angle you can't get enough oil in it to get to the axle tubes before it comes out the fill hole.

 

[Overkill]

nope only have a 1/2 degree shim if im correct plus i jacked the truck up almost 3 feet up in the back and then filled it up tillit ran out the plug. at that ange that should habe beem more than enough.

 

[Evildriver-3]

Well im out of suggestions other than pull the axle and look down the tube and see wtf is holding it back

 

[Chump]

On my D60 I have always packed the bearings before installing them. Seems I read that somewhere. I also filled the differeretial with the proper amount of lube and then checked it on a level srface to make sure it was just below the filler plug. At no time have I ever had lube gushing out the tubes except for a small amount when pulling the axles out. The lube should move around in the tubes while driving. I have never had a bearing failure.

 

[SuperBurban]

The wheel bearings are sorta a splash lubed design,the way to fill after a rebuild is:
fill to level,
jack up 1 side about a foot ,
let sit about 5 min
let down
check fluid
jack up other side
let sit about 5 min
let down
check fluid.

I've also heard of people packing the bearings with grease when new, as chump suggested

 

[Evildriver-3]

Well to be totally honest on a new bearing i would pack it, and then refill the rear.

 

[Overkill]

hummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm weird very weird i never packed them untill yesterday cause i thought it was no good for the lube but i now better lol

 

[Guest]

Grease them before you install them...the oil is "slung" up the tubes by the axles.

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[Overkill]

but im not getting any "slung"

 

[Evildriver-3]

Any progress on this, if not just before you shove the axle in take the gear oil bottle squirt it in the axle tube shove the axle back in and then jack it up so it runs into that end.

Or put the 9.25 that had no problems back in, bigger isn't always better, and im not jinxing you but since you have bearing problems already wait till it ruins a race and it spins in the hub, boy that is an expensive fix right there.

 

[Overkill]

i have 2 "spare"hubs anyway and yup i filled up the diff then jacked up one side and added an extra quart and drove around and checked bu taking the bolts and wow i have oil > very weird very weird
well everything seems good finally