This month's project - Replace rear drums with rear discs (wilwood).......in doing so I had to change from stock bearings to "green" type bearings. Yesterday, I got my replacement bearings from Dr Diff; so I dive in. After finally getting those pesky oil seals out, I'm inspecting my axle housing bores and I don't like what I see. But then again, this is the first time I've seen the inside of (any) axle housing. Need some experienced folks assessment........
First thought - I'm thinking I'm going to have to replace axle housing (wouldn't hassle with machine shop in this area).
Second thought - Car was driven by previous owner many miles without issue, and before I started my restoration, I drove the car probably 100 miles without issue.........no drips, bearings were in good shape, is this just cosmetically bad or detrimental to future bearing reliability?
Pictures actually don't give the best resolution as that of the ole eyeball, but there's deep gouge where outer bearing race would seat, the inner oil seal machined lip is nearly gone in one area...........I'm guessing sometime in past 40 years of car's life, someone had a serious bearing seize/lockup.
