Poor Gunther was born with small nuts, it became my task to remove these and install some nice big nuts.
This tranny appears to be a '67. Axle snubbers, 12v bell, but someone converted the axle ends to small nut. I didn't even know you could do that. I posted this on Samba and by the responses I'm not sure anyone knew that before. Someone must have drilled out the starter bushing hole larger to put the 6v bushing in rather than use the correct 6/12 bushing.
Notice the thin wall breaking out. (not a big deal).
First, use the special tool to remove the outer stub axle bearing. It's homemade from a 10mm head stud, luckily I had these from my last dance with an axle.
Remove the outer housing, then the outer axle bearing snap ring. I need to have a talk with the last moron who worked on this, obviously he doesn't know the difference between internal and external snap rings. He had an internal ring where an external belongs.
Then remove the outer axle bearing with a puller.
I don't know who welded this but I hope it wasn't a LeakOiler. I could weld better with a couple of car batteries and jumper cables. This tab was actually loose to the touch.
I welded it up nice and solid while I had my Mig out.
WTF is this? Braze?
Tack a bolt to the big plug to remove it, then use a puller to pull the plug.
The last "mechanic" beat a chisel through both plugs, pried them out, and brazed the holes shut. Wow.
The outer housings are nearly identical at a glance, note the difference in distance between the wheel cylinder mount and the seal housing flange. She'll be going from 1.39 reduction to 1.26:1.
Chase all of the threads with a tap, even the spring plate mounts.
The last guy pinpricked the housing to tighten up the bearing, no big deal.
Clean and grade all of the bearings, most were junk! Luckily I had just enough to get the job done with two left over. I think about 10 were junk.
Install the stub axle retaining nut, torque to 108. Note the soft copper vise jaw pads.
Then use a dull chisel to lock the nut.
RTV the plug and drive it in with a seal driver so it's flush.
Gears installed, ready for the housing.
Clean the housing flanges, RTV them,
Install the housing and torque to 18.
Put the bearing spacer on.
The outer race is slip fit in the housing, the inner race is snug on the stub axle.
Ready to rock.
Push the axle seals into the housings.
It sure would be nice to have backing plates so I could install the seal housings....
Finding a pair of magnetic drain plugs would be a good idea, too.
