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lemtracy:
Ordered a new rear axle housing and when I went to put the axles back in it the bearing wouldn't go into the housing, I measured the OD of the axle bearings with a micrometer and both measured 2.865/72mm and set my dial bore gauge to that dimension then checked the housing where the bearing goes, on the left side the bearing bore is out of round plus .0025 to small one way and .001 to small the other way on the right side the bearing bore was round but ID of the housing measured the same as the OD of the bearing. Has anybody run into that issue and if so what was the solution? It was to late in the day to call the Legends dealer where the housing came from so I will try to call tomorrow.

Thanks
Larry

justfreaky:
Hi Larry!,
One reason that this could happen; Is first, did you get your housing from a reputable dealer, or just buy it from a private party?  Reason I bring this up is because some people advertise their junk as good usable stuff. I will also mention the straightness of the axles. Not that this may be the cause of your problems if your axles are straight; But because some people don't keep track of these things until it has damaged the housing, or whatever part. Then they sell it off as spares or good, usable parts. This happens in all types of racing.

Steve

lemtracy:
Steve, Thanks for the reply, Yes the housing was bought new from a reputable dealer a month ago, The 3rd member isn't even in the housing I was checking to see the depth so I could put the seals in it when I ran into this issue. I will call them today and see what they say but I think the only fix is another new housing, I would say USLC has a run of bad housings with mis machined flanges on them.

Larry

justfreaky:
Larry,

Best of luck. Let us know the outcome of your issue.

Steve

lemtracy:
Thanks Steve
we are new to Legends cars as this is the first one and we were doing some chassis updates and decided to replace the rear housing because the old one was cracked and had been welded once already. This morning I called the dealer where the housing came from and he is checking with USLC(that's where the housings come from)to see if they had had any issues but i have not heard back yet.

thanks again
Larry

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