Dana 35 Axle - Bearing Races
 

On my 2000 TJ, I have a Dana 35 and have been having a chronic problem of a
leaking seal at the wheel flange. I took my Jeep to a shop and found out that
the races within the axle where the Axle bearings are located rotate within the
axle. Is this supposed to happen? I thought that the races are supposed to be
pressed within the axle, whereas mine slid right in. Also, they found that the
race has side to side moverment.....not good.

Re: Dana 35 Axle - Bearing Races
 

They were until Chrysler bought what was left of Jeep. The race is
not pressed in, just snug. The end play is normal for "C" clips. If the
bearings haven't worn a grove in the axle form lack of lubrication from
too low a level in the differential, then just replace the seal. Keeping
an eye open for a Real Jeep Dana 44: http://www.----------.com/dana35c/
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/dana35c/

WillysGuy wrote:
>
> On my 2000 TJ, I have a Dana 35 and have been having a chronic problem of a
> leaking seal at the wheel flange. I took my Jeep to a shop and found out that
> the races within the axle where the Axle bearings are located rotate within the
> axle. Is this supposed to happen? I thought that the races are supposed to be
> pressed within the axle, whereas mine slid right in. Also, they found that the
> race has side to side moverment.....not good.

Re: Dana 35 Axle - Bearing Races
 

They were until Chrysler bought what was left of Jeep. The race is
not pressed in, just snug. The end play is normal for "C" clips. If the
bearings haven't worn a grove in the axle form lack of lubrication from
too low a level in the differential, then just replace the seal. Keeping
an eye open for a Real Jeep Dana 44: http://www.----------.com/dana35c/
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/dana35c/

WillysGuy wrote:
>
> On my 2000 TJ, I have a Dana 35 and have been having a chronic problem of a
> leaking seal at the wheel flange. I took my Jeep to a shop and found out that
> the races within the axle where the Axle bearings are located rotate within the
> axle. Is this supposed to happen? I thought that the races are supposed to be
> pressed within the axle, whereas mine slid right in. Also, they found that the
> race has side to side moverment.....not good.

Re: Dana 35 Axle - Bearing Races
 

They were until Chrysler bought what was left of Jeep. The race is
not pressed in, just snug. The end play is normal for "C" clips. If the
bearings haven't worn a grove in the axle form lack of lubrication from
too low a level in the differential, then just replace the seal. Keeping
an eye open for a Real Jeep Dana 44: http://www.----------.com/dana35c/
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/dana35c/

WillysGuy wrote:
>
> On my 2000 TJ, I have a Dana 35 and have been having a chronic problem of a
> leaking seal at the wheel flange. I took my Jeep to a shop and found out that
> the races within the axle where the Axle bearings are located rotate within the
> axle. Is this supposed to happen? I thought that the races are supposed to be
> pressed within the axle, whereas mine slid right in. Also, they found that the
> race has side to side moverment.....not good.

Re: Dana 35 Axle - Bearing Races
 

Your race has been spun.

You are correct, that's not good...

I have heard of folks having limited success by having a machine shop
put a hammer peened sleeve in there with a special loctite product to
get the race reseated solid.

Other than that, expect to fry bearings every couple months until you
replace the rear end housing.

Same thing happened to me on the front on my Dana 30. I had to finally
toss the spindle hub in the garbage. Changing or tightening the wheel
bearings after every run got tiring fast.

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

WillysGuy wrote:
>
> On my 2000 TJ, I have a Dana 35 and have been having a chronic problem of a
> leaking seal at the wheel flange. I took my Jeep to a shop and found out that
> the races within the axle where the Axle bearings are located rotate within the
> axle. Is this supposed to happen? I thought that the races are supposed to be
> pressed within the axle, whereas mine slid right in. Also, they found that the
> race has side to side moverment.....not good.

Re: Dana 35 Axle - Bearing Races
 

Your race has been spun.

You are correct, that's not good...

I have heard of folks having limited success by having a machine shop
put a hammer peened sleeve in there with a special loctite product to
get the race reseated solid.

Other than that, expect to fry bearings every couple months until you
replace the rear end housing.

Same thing happened to me on the front on my Dana 30. I had to finally
toss the spindle hub in the garbage. Changing or tightening the wheel
bearings after every run got tiring fast.

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

WillysGuy wrote:
>
> On my 2000 TJ, I have a Dana 35 and have been having a chronic problem of a
> leaking seal at the wheel flange. I took my Jeep to a shop and found out that
> the races within the axle where the Axle bearings are located rotate within the
> axle. Is this supposed to happen? I thought that the races are supposed to be
> pressed within the axle, whereas mine slid right in. Also, they found that the
> race has side to side moverment.....not good.

Re: Dana 35 Axle - Bearing Races
 

Your race has been spun.

You are correct, that's not good...

I have heard of folks having limited success by having a machine shop
put a hammer peened sleeve in there with a special loctite product to
get the race reseated solid.

Other than that, expect to fry bearings every couple months until you
replace the rear end housing.

Same thing happened to me on the front on my Dana 30. I had to finally
toss the spindle hub in the garbage. Changing or tightening the wheel
bearings after every run got tiring fast.

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

WillysGuy wrote:
>
> On my 2000 TJ, I have a Dana 35 and have been having a chronic problem of a
> leaking seal at the wheel flange. I took my Jeep to a shop and found out that
> the races within the axle where the Axle bearings are located rotate within the
> axle. Is this supposed to happen? I thought that the races are supposed to be
> pressed within the axle, whereas mine slid right in. Also, they found that the
> race has side to side moverment.....not good.

Re: Dana 35 Axle - Bearing Races
 

On Wed, 7 Jan 2004 02:29:53 UTC willysguy@aol.com (WillysGuy) wrote:

> On my 2000 TJ, I have a Dana 35 and have been having a chronic problem of a
> leaking seal at the wheel flange. I took my Jeep to a shop and found out that
> the races within the axle where the Axle bearings are located rotate within the
> axle. Is this supposed to happen? I thought that the races are supposed to be
> pressed within the axle, whereas mine slid right in. Also, they found that the
> race has side to side moverment.....not good.

Temporary fix would be to take some thin brass shim stock - .005 or so
- and put a .5 inch or so piece at 3 spots around the outside of the
race then drive it in. It won't last forever but I drove one axle
that way for nearly a year before I swapped out the rear end. The
3-pt shims will center it pretty well and the friction will hold it.
You may need thicker or thinner shims but you can determine that with
a feeler guage. Temporary, but good enough to work until you can fix
it right.

--
Will Honea <whonea@codenet.net>

Re: Dana 35 Axle - Bearing Races
 

On Wed, 7 Jan 2004 02:29:53 UTC willysguy@aol.com (WillysGuy) wrote:

> On my 2000 TJ, I have a Dana 35 and have been having a chronic problem of a
> leaking seal at the wheel flange. I took my Jeep to a shop and found out that
> the races within the axle where the Axle bearings are located rotate within the
> axle. Is this supposed to happen? I thought that the races are supposed to be
> pressed within the axle, whereas mine slid right in. Also, they found that the
> race has side to side moverment.....not good.

Temporary fix would be to take some thin brass shim stock - .005 or so
- and put a .5 inch or so piece at 3 spots around the outside of the
race then drive it in. It won't last forever but I drove one axle
that way for nearly a year before I swapped out the rear end. The
3-pt shims will center it pretty well and the friction will hold it.
You may need thicker or thinner shims but you can determine that with
a feeler guage. Temporary, but good enough to work until you can fix
it right.

--
Will Honea <whonea@codenet.net>

Re: Dana 35 Axle - Bearing Races
 

On Wed, 7 Jan 2004 02:29:53 UTC willysguy@aol.com (WillysGuy) wrote:

> On my 2000 TJ, I have a Dana 35 and have been having a chronic problem of a
> leaking seal at the wheel flange. I took my Jeep to a shop and found out that
> the races within the axle where the Axle bearings are located rotate within the
> axle. Is this supposed to happen? I thought that the races are supposed to be
> pressed within the axle, whereas mine slid right in. Also, they found that the
> race has side to side moverment.....not good.

Temporary fix would be to take some thin brass shim stock - .005 or so
- and put a .5 inch or so piece at 3 spots around the outside of the
race then drive it in. It won't last forever but I drove one axle
that way for nearly a year before I swapped out the rear end. The
3-pt shims will center it pretty well and the friction will hold it.
You may need thicker or thinner shims but you can determine that with
a feeler guage. Temporary, but good enough to work until you can fix
it right.

--
Will Honea <whonea@codenet.net>