The wagoneer has started to make noises in the rear driver side area. It sounded like shaah shaah shaah. Applying brakes didn’t change the noise. Probably bearings?
I tore down the driver side and found that the axle flange had more then 1/8″ of axial play!
These are the references I am using to help reassemble everything
Disassembly is easy. Reassembly requires a press to push the bearings onto the axle shaft. A trip to Harbor Freight and some assembly later, a 20 Ton Press appeared in my garage.
After reassembly, the play in the bearings was gone and there was no noise on the test drive! Another thing fixed.