You might get by on the right side. Was it seeping before?
The left side is "done". New axle shaft, or axle-saver bearing required.
The left side is "done". New axle shaft, or axle-saver bearing required.
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You might get by on the right side. Was it seeping before?
The left side is "done". New axle shaft, or axle-saver bearing required.
The Motive Gear p/n 15521928 axles arrived Friday, I finally got around to unboxing them today.
I also pressed the studs out of the old axles and prepared to install them in the new, but I'm having second thoughts... debating whether it's a good / bad idea to reuse a stud.
The used studs' serrated area is likely deformed slightly from the prior install, and since it's an interference fit...
Seems like the most (overly?) prudent option is to replace them.
Simply because those axles are virgins, not something most people encounter when pressing studs, i think you are validThe Motive Gear p/n 15521928 axles arrived Friday, I finally got around to unboxing them today.
I also pressed the studs out of the old axles and prepared to install them in the new, but I'm having second thoughts... debating whether it's a good / bad idea to reuse a stud.
The used studs' serrated area is likely deformed slightly from the prior install, and since it's an interference fit...
Seems like the most (overly?) prudent option is to replace them.
I vote for new, too. You'll be really, really unhappy if you decide to skimp here and then later go to remove a lug nut only to find the stud spinning in the flange.Most folks would want "new" studs. I did.
That said...the new axle flanges are probably harder than the OEM axle flanges. Any remaining knurl on the old studs is "probably" good enough. But hit those studs with some primer/cleaner, a couple drops of red Loctite 271 on each, and they're in there as solidly as they need to be.
The big issue to me is not the press-fit into the axle flange, but the fatigue on the studs from perhaps being over-tightened in the past, or corrosion damage from years of prior use.
I vote for new, too. You'll be really, really unhappy if you decide to skimp here and then later go to remove a lug nut only to find the stud spinning in the flange.
Richard