I know right? So I think the carrier and pinion bearings look really good and I am leaving that whole can of worms alone. I don't know anyone I can trust to do it right.
Here is the main dilemma we all face these days... Nobody is taught how to do this old stuff. If you don't know a 90 year old who still has his mind and is willing to do the job, you are totally screwed. I am referring in part to the re-babbiting of the old engines. good luck on that one. Maybe the rear ends are a bit easier, but I don't know. This lack of knowledge and knowing what bad bearings sound like, leads me to just roll the dice on the idea of doing the ENTIRE job.
This is why I work so hard to make procedures and write the How-To's on everything I do. Then they are timeless. If I had the measuring tools, knowledge, etc to do this job from start to finish, NOBODY, EVER AGAIN would wonder how to do it. That's because when I write procedures, they are written for the beginner and they make things that would be impossible, POSSIBLE.
I know so many 80-90 year olds in my area who are so knowledgeable and in a few short years, ITS ALL GONE!! FOREVER. Are you arrogant enough to think its not all lost forever? Sorry, but no.. its a sad fact of the human experience, its GONE. How do we counter that fact of life? We write it down in clear concise detail. Nobody around here is willing to step up to the plate for $400. I can show you 10 mechanics that say OH SURE I CAN DO IT.. then no, they really have no clue. So happens the rear end I am working on (no jokes about what a rear end I am necessary) is fine without doing the whole thing, but I would LOVE to write a procedure on this to end it once and for all.
