I think these bearings might be shot

[sponsoredbydad]

Fronts, No wonder they would not tighten up anymore the damn things fell apart as I pulled them out.

I'm lookin for some hubs too if anybody's got some laying around. d44 small bearing 4x4

 

[dremu]

That'll buff out

-- A

 

[dangerdog]

Why hubs? Put new bearings and races in the hubs you have?

 

[sweetk30]

WOW must of been the new no name / no part # / no country of origin bearings from autozone duralast line.

 

[Greg72]

Fronts, No wonder they would not tighten up anymore the damn things fell apart as I pulled them out.

I'm lookin for some hubs too if anybody's got some laying around. d44 small bearing 4x4

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Timken FTW!!!..... From my little hometown of Keene, NH USA!

-G

 

[sponsoredbydad]

Why hubs? Put new bearings and races in the hubs you have?

Races are so loose they won't stay in place. They rotate with 2 fingers

 

[sponsoredbydad]

Timken FTW!!!..... From my little hometown of Keene, NH USA!

-G

Got the Timken's ready to go in. Just need a another hub

WOW must of been the new no name / no part # / no country of origin bearings from autozone duralast line.

I believe your right , no numbers on anything I took out.

 

[evolve991]

Peanut Butter n KY Jelly attle fickser

 

[dangerdog]

Wow those are junk.

 

[yellowK20]

Take a punch and make dimples in the hub wear the bearing race rides it will give it enough bite to hold the race

 

[dangerdog]

Just get another hub. The punch trick is a bandaid.

 

[diesel4me]

I had a hub that the inner bearing must have spun in,you could turn the outer race by hand after driving it into place..
I tried the center punch trick and it didn't last for long--till I could find another good hub,I decided to try using an old feeler gauge as shim stock (couldn't read the printed size on it,so it was no good to me otherwise!)--this made the bearing race tough to drive back in,but it worked great and I do not ever remember replacing the hub after that,now that I think about it...

 

[evolve991]

All jokes aside I had the same problem. Ended up in a parking lot with siezed bearings. This was a continous problem with that hub,I got a hub from a junkyard and haven't had the problem since. And yes I used the dimple trick before it let me down again.

 

[sponsoredbydad]

Found some on CL. 3 to be exact. Had to drive 1.5 hrs ea way but he only wanted a 6 pack of good beer = $10 for them all. I also got some hubs for a Ranger or jeep ? To convert to locking hubs?

 

[evolve991]

The price of new hubs and spindles is ridiculous isn't it? The hub and spindle I got from the junkyard went on my truck with the bearings that came in it.

 

[campfire]

The price of new hubs and spindles is ridiculous isn't it? The hub and spindle I got from the junkyard went on my truck with the bearings that came in it.

No kidding.

 

[campfire]

Found some on CL. 3 to be exact. Had to drive 1.5 hrs ea way but he only wanted a 6 pack of good beer = $10 for them all. I also got some hubs for a Ranger or jeep ? To convert to locking hubs?

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I thought small-bearing (early) D44 hubs were all external-lockout. Those look like later big-bearing D44/10-bolt hubs.

 

[Hogback Fabrication]

I thought small-bearing (early) D44 hubs were all external-lockout. Those look like later big-bearing D44/10-bolt hubs.

Only the 8 lug versions, the 6 lug GM axles were always internal style.

 

[campfire]

Only the 8 lug versions, the 6 lug GM axles were always internal style.

Gotcha.