Hi everyone,
I'm brand new to this forum and hoping that you all can maybe give me some insight on my question. I have a 1969 Road Runner that I've owned for many years. It has an 8 3/4 inch rear end and recently I noticed that some grease was oozing past the right wheel grease seal. As I started investigating replacing it, I realized that my car has no end play adjuster. The right side axle retainer plate is the same as the left side and giving the axles the push/pull, the shafts appear to have no end play at all. As I've mentioned, I've owned the car many years and driven it many thousands of miles. This leak is the only problem I've had with it after all this time.
My question is; how important is it to have this end play? Should I just replace the seal and reassemble it just as it currently is, without the adjuster, or should I track down the missing adjuster parts and reassemble it as Mopar had designed it. Who, in the past, might have removed this adjuster and why? I think that the car was drag raced sometime before my purchasing it because the wheels were drilled for screws to hold the beads of the slicks. Would this have been some modification someone might do to a car they were drag racing?
Any and all answers are appreciated.
Brad
I'm brand new to this forum and hoping that you all can maybe give me some insight on my question. I have a 1969 Road Runner that I've owned for many years. It has an 8 3/4 inch rear end and recently I noticed that some grease was oozing past the right wheel grease seal. As I started investigating replacing it, I realized that my car has no end play adjuster. The right side axle retainer plate is the same as the left side and giving the axles the push/pull, the shafts appear to have no end play at all. As I've mentioned, I've owned the car many years and driven it many thousands of miles. This leak is the only problem I've had with it after all this time.
My question is; how important is it to have this end play? Should I just replace the seal and reassemble it just as it currently is, without the adjuster, or should I track down the missing adjuster parts and reassemble it as Mopar had designed it. Who, in the past, might have removed this adjuster and why? I think that the car was drag raced sometime before my purchasing it because the wheels were drilled for screws to hold the beads of the slicks. Would this have been some modification someone might do to a car they were drag racing?
Any and all answers are appreciated.
Brad