Re: D44 rear bearing replacement

[ScoutIIMan@domain.elided]

Morning Digesters,

<<    You need a machine shop to seat the new bearings on the axle shafts.
You can pull the old race out with a puller. The bearings are initially
lubed with grease, but; after install the axle lube keeps them lubed. >>

This was discussed quite some time ago, but to recap. IH used two different 
types of bearings on the rear axles. One type had an inner seal between the 
bearing and the  carrier, to keep oil from going from the carrier to the 
bearing, which was packed in grease. The other type of bearing had no seal 
and depended on the oil to lubricate it. If I remember correctly, the bearing 
that got oil fed to it came apart like the typical front wheel bearing, and 
the packed type bearing was one unit. I believe that you can only get the 
greased type now, and is a number A10.

STeve