How much!!!,,$50 bucks for a axle Bearing,,,

[philipatmaxfour]

So true Roger,,,Man RD,,,,Dead on with the other Idler Shaft,,I allready gave it a look and a wiggle,,,,Hmmmm some movement,,not as bad ass other side,,,but Going in Deep on the left side next ! Well after I get the right side axles back in,,,Gotta get something back together first,,,lol

Man If only I knew more about this thing,,,,,I mean I had the tubs split apart, engine and trans out last year rebuilding the tranny,,,,that would of been the time to do the Idler Bearings,,,and axel bearings too!

Also,,,I see some grooves on the axels from what looks like the seals,,,anybody have any luck with "Speedy Sleeves" to slip on the axles,,,,or some other fix to save the seals??

If you have the axle out and it is grooved, you could spring for a brand new axle and keep the grooved one for when you need a "good as new axle" that goes in a different position on the machine. The front axle wear spot is way different than the other axles that don't have the axle extensions.
My Avenger has extensions front and rear but not in the middle.

Rock Doctor....The"pushing out the Avenger and then driving right through" story really hurts.HaHa

[Rock Doctor]

Rock Doctor....The"pushing out the Avenger and then driving right through" story really hurts.HaHa

The secret, in this particular case, was to pack a heavier load. When he started to float up in the thick, soupy stuff, I was still firmly anchored to the bottom

He had a few Wobblies in him as well LOL.

RD

[m350]

Ok, well we got the BigFoot back in Business yesterday,,At this time we just changed the right side outer Idler shaft Bearing(inner was fine) and the middle and rear right axle bearings and seals. I am thinking the clunking we heard before was from the dry/bad Idler shaft bearing.(No more clunking)

I didnt think the axle bearings were that bad,,,but after replacing 2 of them,,, and now I see no wiggle at all in the new ones,,,,I have more to do for sure,,,with the economy the way it is,,,,,,I just cant fork over the extra $$$ at this moment,,,I will definatly be watching/listening for other issue, and will pickup more bearings/seals when I can,,I now have enough cork gasket to do them all,,,oh and my son noticed,,,a missing nylon button/slider on the driven clutch when we were in there,,,guess I need to call Argo again today,,,plus I think I will pickup a couple chain repair links just to have them,,,
# 50 double,, and a # 60 single.

[Rock Doctor]

,,oh and my son noticed,,,a missing nylon button/slider on the driven clutch when we were in there,,,guess I need to call Argo again today,,,plus I think I will pickup a couple chain repair links just to have them,,,
# 50 double,, and a # 60 single.

Give your son a pat on the back, and don't run the Argo without replacing that slider button. Very cheap to replace, but very important. Also, you should replace all of them, to keep the wear even.

My "humble" 2 bits worth

RD

[m350]

Yes RD,, was thinking,,,Hmmm prob should'nt drive it much with that slider/button missing,,,3 new ones on the way ,(if they found them),,with the chain master links.

I also relaced the 30 amp fuse holder yesterday for the charging circut,,,it helped,,but only gets to 13 volts,,,maybe just a tad more on the volt meter, with engine reved up some,,,was hoping for 14 volts or so,,, The old fuse was rather melted, from the heat.

[philipatmaxfour]

Oh Lord it's hard to be humble.....

[McCoy]

I hate to bring up this old thread, but today I changed a few outer bearings in the Bigfoot. I bought the bearings @ Motion Industries in Charlotte, NC for $12.68 each. I picked up the seals with the "garter" springs @ Bearing Distributors, also in Charlotte, for $3.75 each. Just thought I would pass along the info.

McCoy

[waylonh]

I hate to bring up this old thread, but today I changed a few outer bearings in the Bigfoot. I bought the bearings @ Motion Industries in Charlotte, NC for $12.68 each. I picked up the seals with the "garter" springs @ Bearing Distributors, also in Charlotte, for $3.75 each. Just thought I would pass along the info.

McCoy

THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Do you still have part numbers?