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Bored&Stroked · 10-31-2020, 05:18 PM

BTW, if you rebuilt it with "newly made" caged roller bearings, that may have been the issue. I do not know of any that are available that are correctly made - the "cages" are not anywhere near the quality of material and heat treat as Henry's originals. Take a fine file and see if you can file the edge of the cages - if you can, don't use them. Then take an original and do the same thing - you'll see what I'm talking about as far as hardness.

I only use good originals or NOS ones (if I can find them . . . hard to locate these days).

Also, the reproduction cluster and reverse shafts are junk - poor materials, not correct heat treat and .001 to .0015 undersize. Folks buy them - thinking they're doing the right thing and yet they are very poorly made. Use original cluster/rear shafts . . . good used or if you're lucky enough - NOS ones (which I haven't seen in years).

I actually made my own shafts for my 39 box in my 32 Cab. I used high-quality linear shafting material.

10-31-2020, 05:18 PM	#3
Bored&Stroked Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Central Ohio Posts: 5,072	Re: A very unhappy gear BTW, if you rebuilt it with "newly made" caged roller bearings, that may have been the issue. I do not know of any that are available that are correctly made - the "cages" are not anywhere near the quality of material and heat treat as Henry's originals. Take a fine file and see if you can file the edge of the cages - if you can, don't use them. Then take an original and do the same thing - you'll see what I'm talking about as far as hardness. I only use good originals or NOS ones (if I can find them . . . hard to locate these days). Also, the reproduction cluster and reverse shafts are junk - poor materials, not correct heat treat and .001 to .0015 undersize. Folks buy them - thinking they're doing the right thing and yet they are very poorly made. Use original cluster/rear shafts . . . good used or if you're lucky enough - NOS ones (which I haven't seen in years). I actually made my own shafts for my 39 box in my 32 Cab. I used high-quality linear shafting material.