Hello Guys.
I have been working on the gimbal housing from my donor driveline. I bought the service kit to replace the shift cable, bellows and gimbal bearing. I had noticed that the bearing barely turned at all and thought it was definitely bad. Fast forward to today, as I am working like a dog trying to get the bearing out.
It finally broke free so I'm checking it out and it actually looks pretty good, and it spins pretty easily now. I started cleaning out the area where it seats and I see what looks like a burr or a place where something was fused. See bottom left of picture just below the seal area. It is difficult to gauge the depth but that spot is all the way against the back of the vertical area where the bearing would bottom out.
So I think that that spot may have caused the bearing race to not sit flush and possibly may have caused the issues with the lack of movement. I am looking for some input what do you guys think? I think it is close to a Millimeter thick.
Also, I plan on hitting that spot with a dremel to clean it up. Would you guys do that also?
Finally, the new bearing is one of the permalubed ones. This is my first run at this but it seems like it doesn't spin very freely either, is this normal or did I get a bad one. Please let me how easily it should spin if you can.
As always, any input is appreciated and welcome.
Gator
I have been working on the gimbal housing from my donor driveline. I bought the service kit to replace the shift cable, bellows and gimbal bearing. I had noticed that the bearing barely turned at all and thought it was definitely bad. Fast forward to today, as I am working like a dog trying to get the bearing out.
It finally broke free so I'm checking it out and it actually looks pretty good, and it spins pretty easily now. I started cleaning out the area where it seats and I see what looks like a burr or a place where something was fused. See bottom left of picture just below the seal area. It is difficult to gauge the depth but that spot is all the way against the back of the vertical area where the bearing would bottom out.
So I think that that spot may have caused the bearing race to not sit flush and possibly may have caused the issues with the lack of movement. I am looking for some input what do you guys think? I think it is close to a Millimeter thick.
Also, I plan on hitting that spot with a dremel to clean it up. Would you guys do that also?
Finally, the new bearing is one of the permalubed ones. This is my first run at this but it seems like it doesn't spin very freely either, is this normal or did I get a bad one. Please let me how easily it should spin if you can.
As always, any input is appreciated and welcome.
Gator