Bearing fitting with Moser axles

Hey Stew,

Well, just to land then down south to Stewart Island, Invercargill, Christ Church (what's left) .  A few days in the old home town of Wellington for friends wedding. Then up to Devon for a day or two.   Not back for nearly long enough- 10 days on the ground.

Edited by bbgjc - Aug/28/2013 at 8:55am

I'd really be interested to see Moser axles with tapered roller bearings. That's new to me.

The Moser axles I've installed have a sealed bearing because it's not possible to use the original tapered roller bearings since the bearing race is installed then the backing plate and hub.

The sealed bearing is installed from the spline side then followed by a retainer, that might be the spacer you mention above.

Keep in mind, all the parts like the dust bezel, outer axle seal and backing plate need to go on the axle in the right order BEFORE having the bearing and retainer pressed on. Also, you need to install the inner axle seal as well or else you'll have axle grease weeping past the bearing.

-Steve-

My understanding is that the manufacture that made the sealed high speed bearing moser used went out of business and they are no longer available. I recently worked on a friends AMX that has has moser axles in it for years and they are the tapered style like a jeep with one piece axles has. I also have a new set of axles on the shelf I bought several years ago that have the sealed high speed bearing with them.

The first few sets of mosers I have had experience with used the sealed "green" bearings which come with the press collars and are wide enough they protrude past the axle housing the required amount. Within the last year I have ordered 3 sets of axles and they came with a timken 9 bearing, its a tapered roller bearing with the cup attached to the cone. Its narrow design is used with a spacer so it sticks out past the housing like the green bearing. The green sealed bearings are still available but only at moser, at least I can't find them anywhere else. To me the timken tapered roller is a big improvent over the regular green roller.
If anyone is wanting to order axles from moser ask for Shane, he is the AMC go to guy there and can give you axles based on measurements, some of the other reps. there can be misleading in telling you there is a difference between jeep and car model 20 axle bearings.
Also if converting to mosers, an easy way to remove the backing plates without pressing off the hubs is to cut the cage off the cone with a pair of side cutter pliers and pry the cage back with a flat head screwdriver, all the rollers will fall out allowing the backing plate to slide off.

Ivan

Edited by Airdrie AMX - Aug/29/2013 at 11:45pm