Originally Posted by bucktruck
Reply to Phak1

So, what do you plan to do about this. I guess a machine shop could build them up and then dress them to the original factory specs. It probably wouldn't be cheap. ray

I'm wondering if the axle shaft could be machined down a little, and a hardened repair sleeve pressed on, then ground to the proper diameter for the bearing to contact? I'm thinking of using air hardening tool steel, and shrink-fitting the sleeve into place. The process of heating the sleeve to expand it and shrinking it onto the turned-down axle shaft would also harden the sleeve as it cools. Then a tool post grinder on the lathe could be used to establish the final outside diameter.
Jerry

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