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    Lateral movement, rear axle.

    took the carrier down to the shop to get the bearings pressed in earlier today. The wife just got in from work, so no pics. I will say, the bearings fell out of the cage when I set them in the box to go in. $140.00 for bearings (national) and the machine shop to press them in. I probably could...
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    Lateral movement, rear axle.

    Well, that's that.. Drivers side carrier bearing is toast. Easy enough fix, it's cleaned and ready to get the new bearing pressed on. I believe the reason the passenger side was exhibiting all the movement is because with the driver side bearing basically falling apart, the carrier itself was...
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    Lateral movement, rear axle.

    I would image she'd shoot right out without the c-clip.
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    Lateral movement, rear axle.

    I'll head down there after the coffee kicks in. I'll pull the pin and inspect it and along with the c-clips. I'll probably drag that axle out and give it the eye-ball also... bearing and such. As far as pics go? I'm proudly rocking the flip-phone. If I can convince my wife, pics might happen...
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    Lateral movement, rear axle.

    I know I gave her a shake up and down/front to back, but cannot say for certainty there was none or very little.. the in and out movement was so dumb founding that I could have rushed past this and not truly verified. I'll head down there right now and give her a "what-fer" and see what she...
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    Lateral movement, rear axle.

    New poster here. 1978 C10 Heavy/Big Ten 454 G80 locking diff. I have a rear axle issue that's got me stumped; excessive lateral movement of my rear axle. I'm not talking just a little bit, I'm talking enough that the passenger side drum actually started rubbing on the backing plate. This is...
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