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<blockquote data-quote="NotMatt" data-source="post: 1391431" data-attributes="member: 15947"><p>Hypothetical question... well not really. I've always been taught that bearing caps stay with the housing, and shouldn't ever be mixed and matched, and definitely should not be installed backwards or upside down. </p><p></p><p>I have a HP Ford D44 housing that is missing the bearing caps. I'm going to install some caps out of a junk chevy 44 housing, along with some used gears and probably used bearings. Is it going to catastrophically destroy the carrier bearings the minute I turn the carrier or what? I know the housing is line bored with the caps installed... if the bearing seats are lined up and there aren't any ridges where the caps meet the housing, I don't see how it can be an issue.</p><p></p><p>Anyone have any experience? This is going in the front of a rig that won't see much street use, and will not have any high speed street use with the front hubs locked in.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NotMatt, post: 1391431, member: 15947"] Hypothetical question... well not really. I've always been taught that bearing caps stay with the housing, and shouldn't ever be mixed and matched, and definitely should not be installed backwards or upside down. I have a HP Ford D44 housing that is missing the bearing caps. I'm going to install some caps out of a junk chevy 44 housing, along with some used gears and probably used bearings. Is it going to catastrophically destroy the carrier bearings the minute I turn the carrier or what? I know the housing is line bored with the caps installed... if the bearing seats are lined up and there aren't any ridges where the caps meet the housing, I don't see how it can be an issue. Anyone have any experience? This is going in the front of a rig that won't see much street use, and will not have any high speed street use with the front hubs locked in. [/QUOTE]
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