driveline · FF-0529

How are the pinion bearings set up in a banjo rear end?

The center is a carrier bearing: two bearings go together and are pressed in, with the pinion pressed into them. Ed says this double bearing can be bought as a pair. Nuts stack on behind it, and it is all preset at one time before you go on.

Expert

Ed Smith

Evidence

expert attributed

Component

pinion and carrier bearings

Applicable scope

1948 Ford banjo rear end with an open driveshaft conversion, as Ed describes it