Hey gang,
In my never ending saga of learning to work on a truck, I've hit a snag. I destroyed a front wheel bearing in my '72 Series III 109. Took hub apart and found lots and lots of magnetic dust. So, determined that the hub was bad and ordered a replacement. I decided to replace all bearings and races. As I had Superwinch free wheel hubs that would not come off for love or money I decided to replace them as well (since I nearly destroyed one getting it off).
On reassembly I came up with this problem; the new drive flange will not slide far enough up the axle stub to meet the hub. I thought this might be a problem with alignment on the spindle but it looks fine. One one side I have the hub reinstalled, greased bearings and all with lock nuts (not yet folded down the lock tabs). The other side is bare spindle. On neither side will the flange slide far enough up the splines of the axle stub to meet the face of the hub. It stops just shy of the hub with a clunk.
I took the new hub and new flange and put them together and they fit really, really snug; as though they were made for each other (like I imagine they should).
I took the new hub off and put the drive flange on by itself and it slides up the splines until it stops with a thunk. See photo below. I can't see any damage on the splines that is obvious, like a gouge or something and it is the same on both sides. It is stopping before it gets to the end of the splines.
I talked to the guys at Rovers North and they are puzzled by my 24 spline front stub axle with the threads for the castle nut (at least Colin hadn't seen it before). I ordered the Salisbury drive flange but maybe I got the wrong one, since 'normalized or rationalized' Rover axles were 24 spline (according to the shop I bought the Rover from in England).
I also talked to the shop in England that rebuilt the truck for me and they haven't figured out why it's not working. It's been suggested that the splines on the stub axle are bad, but what do I look for besides obvious gouges? They seem okay...
I have some photos to make this clearer. I need to know what to do and if I have the wrong parts?
In my never ending saga of learning to work on a truck, I've hit a snag. I destroyed a front wheel bearing in my '72 Series III 109. Took hub apart and found lots and lots of magnetic dust. So, determined that the hub was bad and ordered a replacement. I decided to replace all bearings and races. As I had Superwinch free wheel hubs that would not come off for love or money I decided to replace them as well (since I nearly destroyed one getting it off).
On reassembly I came up with this problem; the new drive flange will not slide far enough up the axle stub to meet the hub. I thought this might be a problem with alignment on the spindle but it looks fine. One one side I have the hub reinstalled, greased bearings and all with lock nuts (not yet folded down the lock tabs). The other side is bare spindle. On neither side will the flange slide far enough up the splines of the axle stub to meet the face of the hub. It stops just shy of the hub with a clunk.
I took the new hub and new flange and put them together and they fit really, really snug; as though they were made for each other (like I imagine they should).
I took the new hub off and put the drive flange on by itself and it slides up the splines until it stops with a thunk. See photo below. I can't see any damage on the splines that is obvious, like a gouge or something and it is the same on both sides. It is stopping before it gets to the end of the splines.
I talked to the guys at Rovers North and they are puzzled by my 24 spline front stub axle with the threads for the castle nut (at least Colin hadn't seen it before). I ordered the Salisbury drive flange but maybe I got the wrong one, since 'normalized or rationalized' Rover axles were 24 spline (according to the shop I bought the Rover from in England).
I also talked to the shop in England that rebuilt the truck for me and they haven't figured out why it's not working. It's been suggested that the splines on the stub axle are bad, but what do I look for besides obvious gouges? They seem okay...
I have some photos to make this clearer. I need to know what to do and if I have the wrong parts?
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