RE: 64 Sport Fury B Body rear axle play

[Willard Edison <waedison1@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for responding Doug. I have not yet put the backing plates on, just
the bearings and bearing cups. I don't think the service manual said to put
the backing plates on, but will re-check it. Both axles in, both bearing
cups even with the outside of the axle housing, too much end play. /Butch/
Ferndale, WA 

-----Original Message-----
From: Doug Ahern [mailto:D170A833@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2007 5:22 PM
To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: 64 Sport Fury B Body rear axle play


On 05 07/14/07, Willard Edison wrote:
> 2 These old axles adjust with .005" shims if the axles are too long, 
> but my axles seem to be too short. If I drive the bearing cups in till 
> they stop, there is no end play between the axles, which is as it 
> should be. Then, I take a rubber hammer and drive the right axle out 
> as far as I can by hitting the end of the left axle. Per the service 
> manual, I'm supposed to use shims to take up the space (to specs) that 
> the bearing cup is pushed out of the axle housing on the right side. 
> Problem is, the bearing cup on the right side is not pushed out of the 
> axle housing and I have too much end play on

so, to clarify,  when you tap one axle in and install the backing plate,
does the other axle push out too far?  

or is it the case that both axles fit in the housing, and once the backing
plates are installed there is too much end play?

with early  8-3/4s" (pre-64), there is a thrust block issue that makes using
the SG or 64 and later non-SG rearend a problem with 63 and earlier non-SG
axles and housings.

Doug


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