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Originally Posted by Vegas69
Forgeline told me that a wheel will flex 2-3mm under extreme load.
I'd say this is your red flag for the axle leak. You need to get those axles moving in and out less. Check the end play with a dial indicator and see what you have.
Car looks great by the way. My first car was a 1981 Monte with a 327. Totaled it....haha
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This setup uses the Ford Big bearing axle end with the big sealed bearing, then a spacer the same thickness as the brake backing plate then the retainer plate to hold it all in place. I just replaced everything with new but even with the old wore bearings there was no discernable axle movement at all. Also the drivers side has never leaked gear oil, it has always been the passenger side. Pretty sure I've got that covered now with the correct axle seal plus the bearing with the O-ring around the outside of it.
I have a hard time believing the axle flange is flexing that much either, that thing is massive and it seems to me that if the axle flange was flexing that much, the brake rotor would be flexing with it and it would be contacting the dust shield which is connected to the housing and I saw no marks of it ever touching last time I had it apart. Not saying it isn't moving a little bit, but I think this is more the wheel flexing than anything else.
I can fix this issue with 30 seconds of grinder work so it really isn't a big deal, but I posted about it just to show the evidence of just how far the wheel moves under the kind of duress I'm putting it through.
My first Monte was a 1978...I put a 4 bolt main 350 in it and totaled it as well...
