Re: Rear end (?) Noise....

Posted by Ross On 2012/3/25 7:14:54

The site seems to be having a bit of heavy weather lately. Spring fever, I expect.

Go to Napa and buy two 88128-R bearings and two CR15142 seals. The seals are the inner axle seals and will keep the gear lube from leaking out and washing the grease out of your nice new bearings. The bearings come complete with the retaining rings that must be destroyed to remove the old bearings.

Any gasket encountered in the assembly (between the grease catcher and the backing plate) can be replaced with a fingerfull of silicone gasket maker. I never bother making those gaskets.

These bearings are wonderfully long lived and used in a large number of cars so you will never need to revisit this issue.