zshadow
06-20-2006, 11:11 PM
heres the story
went to get the car inspected, along with an alignment, they said all four wheelbearing were shot.
way back when i had the shadow, that had a lift kit on it, the only way for the axels to clear the suspension arms, was to swap the axels with a shorty intermediate shaft and shorty, instead of the shorty/long set up. since i had a nice turbo car in the garage at the time, it was a perfect place to gank the axels from.
the axels were swapped, a 91 shadow got 87 shorty/intermediate/shorty daytona setup, and the tuna got the 91 shorty/long axel setup from the shadow.
now the thought i have is... since the 91 axels may be different, are they a little bit longer? from what i can remember i think they are, and could the length and the pressure from the axels be pushing on the bearings to make them go bad?
i know the rear bearings come loose, and you can just tighten them and it'll be fine... but could the axels pushing on the hub assemby be causing the bearings to go bad?
went to get the car inspected, along with an alignment, they said all four wheelbearing were shot.
way back when i had the shadow, that had a lift kit on it, the only way for the axels to clear the suspension arms, was to swap the axels with a shorty intermediate shaft and shorty, instead of the shorty/long set up. since i had a nice turbo car in the garage at the time, it was a perfect place to gank the axels from.
the axels were swapped, a 91 shadow got 87 shorty/intermediate/shorty daytona setup, and the tuna got the 91 shorty/long axel setup from the shadow.
now the thought i have is... since the 91 axels may be different, are they a little bit longer? from what i can remember i think they are, and could the length and the pressure from the axels be pushing on the bearings to make them go bad?
i know the rear bearings come loose, and you can just tighten them and it'll be fine... but could the axels pushing on the hub assemby be causing the bearings to go bad?