[Fot] axle bearing update

[davehogye <dlhogye@comcast.net>]

Hello Friends, 
A couple things to update my findings. 
First of all, I may have jumped the gun on referring to the Southwick, Green 
Bearings as garbage. I have no real knowledge of the quality, but I've been 
informed that the axles come from Moser with the bearings in place and the 
replacements are the same. I would think that Moser would only use quality 
bearings. 
Secondly, it has been brought to my attention that the centering button that 
comes in the TransX limited slip should be removed for the Southwick 
conversion. I did not know this. When I pulled the axle, I found one half of 
the centering button lying in the axle tube. It's roll pin had broken and it 
was stuck to the end of the axle with gear oil and dropped off mid way in the 
tube. Glad I looked in there. So, this may have caused the bearing failure as 
the axle and bearing were loaded instead of floating. 
I'm going to try and get this all back together today and I'll be testing the 
car at Sears tomorrow with a Hooked on Driving track day. 

Dave 
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