Rear Axle Bearings

[William Huff <whuff@xxxx>]

Hi Group,

My experience with more than 30 older Mopars over my lifetime has been that 
the rear seals start leaking, which messes up the brake shoes, which leads 
to pulling the axles. It was such a pain on the hubs with tapered fits 
that I started replacing the wheel bearings with the "Green" type of 
bearing. I have never had a problem with the ball type bearing, nor a leak 
from the axle. The only hard part is that you have to remove the pumpkin 
and then remove the thrust pins, since the axles become free floating with 
the green bearings.

Regards,

Bill Huff