Recent content by Racer-X-

I don't own one of those. I've got a Lisle 65250 "universal bearing packer" that I generally use for wheel bearing jobs. Does the bearing just slide up and off the axle? or is that collar pressed on and not easliy removed? Looks like I may need to get the Plews needle or something similar...

The title pretty much says it all. I need a rear axle for a resto-mod 1947 DeSoto I'm working on. After careful measurements (repeated 3 times on different days, just to be sure), I'm finding the "best fit" for the wheels/tires we want to run on this car is 63" +/- 1". The measurment that's...

Wow! I was going here to post an intro, and I didn't expect a thread already set up here. What an awesome first impression. Well, here's a little bit about me. I've worked on cars basically all my adult life. Usually as a hobby, but for a few years as a professional as well, and some other...

I'm a long time motor head/car nut. I've done sports car road racing in the 1980s and 1990s, and lots of other performance upgrades/modifications on many platforms. Nowadays, I seem to be getting more involved with resto-mod projects on various platforms, including some antique Mopars from the...