Front Axle Restoration, Rebuild ( Dana 30)
The rear axle video went really well and I m happy with how it came out, but my restored and painted Chrysler 8. 25 rear axle looked out of place next to the rusty Dana 30 front axle. I decided to try and repeat a similar process by restoring the front end. Apologies in advance for the ugly welding on the track bar mount. At least it looks better than the one I cut off. I m really happy I did it, because I found out that one of the carrier bearing races was split and had destroyed the bearing. Setting up the carrier required a lot more tedious trial and error to set up than setting up the carrier in the Chrysler 8. 25 rear axle restoration video. I cut out some of the shim swapping footage to make that part of the video more concise and less boring. I ended up having to buy 2 sets of bearings as well because I needed one modify one set to use as shim spacing setup bearings before pressing the real bearings on. Hopefully that part of the video is not too confusing for people.
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