Hi Ed.

I’m for drilling the rivets and replacing the backing plate. While you have the axle shaft out might as well replace the oil seal and have a look at the bearing. Be sure to use bolts that fill the diameter of the hole that you drilled out when you bolt the replacement backing plate back on


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