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Shim question for rear bearings

jack Bacon

jack Bacon

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I am reinstalling my rear axles and bearings and I know you need paper gasket shims. SS catalog says 3 shims on each side for a total of .018. I have some 1/64 paper gasket material (around .0156). Will that work or is this critical to have the correct thickness.

Regards,

jack
 
jumpinjan

jumpinjan

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This has been discussed many times. The "shims" are needed to level out the distance between the bearing's outer race and to the housing end. It you don't do this, all the pressure will be on the race and not the housing. You want to get a straight edge (machinist scale) & feeler gauge and measure how much the race sticks out. I would add up paper shims to equal that thickness(and a little more won't hurt).
Jan
 
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