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Old Nov 2, 2025 | 08:59 PM
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Originally Posted by HeyYou
It's entirely possible that those bearings actually WANT that axle stub in there, to hold the bearing together...... and without it, they self-destruct in pretty short order. If you don't see yourself fixing the front diff any time soon,, I would be real tempted to extract the outer CV joints from the axles, and just install them, so you have something to put that nut on.....

that could be it, I’ll have the parts in for the diff and new CVs next week. I hope you’re right because the constant repairs are getting ridiculous at this point
 
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Old Nov 3, 2025 | 06:24 AM
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On my 02 I put TRW bearings years ago, to replace the oem. At 190K they are still there. Factory 275R55/20 that I drive like a sports car 👍
 
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Old Nov 4, 2025 | 01:35 PM
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Timkens. Even though they went foreign some time back they seemed to have kept a lid on quality control.
 
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