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Continuing the Dana 60 rebuild. The carrier bearing spun, its damage has been repaired by means of a sleeve. See pictures. The carrier was set up in the lathe using the 4-jaw and a tool was made to use the live center of the lathe in the spider gear bore.

The sleeve was made, and the damaged area of the carrier was undercut. The sleeve has a .0004" press fit, which is very light to avoid unnecessary tension on the sleeve as the final wall thickness is about .080" at the final dimension.

The sleeve was pressed on and secured additionally with LocTite 648. The carrier was then indicated again on the lathe and turned to the final size for the press fit of the bearing. I had some chatter at the last cuts, but I always finish the lathe work around .002" oversize and then use emery cloth to obtain the final dimension. I prefer this method because I'm able to remove the peaks of the material left by the turning operation, which results in a much-improved press fit. The last picture shows the final product. I also added the factory chamfer.

I also disassembled the carrier to clean all the parts, which was then reassembled with assembly lube. The new ring gear was also installed with new bolts and green LocTite.