Idler shaft bearings slowly in flange assemnbly?

[DerekF]

Hello Guys,

I am currently working on changing my Avenger axles bearings to the new HDI bearings and while looking inside there I noticed that my whole idler shaft bearing will slowly spin in the flange assembly. I assumed that the bolts holding the two flanges were loose, but they are not. Then I thought the bearing maybe was on the way out, so I took the idler shaft out, and the bearings appear to be okay. So if the bearings are good, and the housing is tight, any idea what may be causing this?

One idea is that I may have greased it too much, causing the flange to push out, allowing just enough play to make the (supposed to be) solid part of the bearing turn?????

Any ideas?

Derek

[plott hound]

flange and or bearing housing must be worn.you can replace each or remove flange and bearing, clean it real good.then apply loctite 660 to outer surface of bearing then reassemble.660 will take up about 1 thousands of an inch.

[DerekF]

Thanks, I will try the loctite first.

Derek

[Paquette]

Don't some of these require a dimple in the flange to prevent the outer race from spinning ? I read somewhere that while installing new ones that you have to whack the outer race to "set the bearing"