Posted by Hank on Saturday, July 18, 2009 at 13:26:48 :
... the tabs were broken off and the outer margins were cracked from repeated bending. I expect that the factory intended that these washers not be reused, but be replaced every time the bearings are serviced.
No luck yet on bearings or seals, will report progress. Steve at ADS is going to help me find this stuff by dimension - they do mostly custom fabrication, so finding things by dimension instead of application is an everyday thing for them.
The W500s really are the Draculas of trucks, they don't show up on film. They don't appear in most of the parts catalogs, as if they never existed. The Rockwell FSD750 axle is the same, doesn't exist.
H
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