8N Rear Axel Hub

If this is the case and the two splines have met at the end of the axle spline then you might want to try the fix that I have used a few times in the past. Actually you can sometimes fix a pretty bad axle and hub.

loosen the hub and pull it about half way off the axle. Find some banding material that will just fill the smallest part of the axle spline and then cut six pieces so that they are the lenght of the spline on the hub and axle. Push the pieces of the banding material up the spline until they are nearly even with the outer end of the axle spline. Then hammer the hub up on the axle until you can get the nut started and tighten it as tight as you can with a 3/4"drive pull handle and a 3 foot cheater bar. Don't strip the threads on the nut or axle because you can if you just keep on tightening. After you have it pretty tight then remove the nut and see if any of the banding materials is protruding out from the end of the spline. If it is then cut it off even with a chisel or a Dremmel tool etc. Then retighten the nut.

Cross you fingers and use it for an hour or so and then retighten the nut. If it is still tight then you are in business. Check it at intervals of about two hours until you are sure it will stay tight.

If the old hub was that worn then there should be no way the new one should be going on as far?

You didn't do the seal or anything else but the hub?

The left hub on mine was so worn that the brake drum actually ground the extra brake spring off of the shoe! The axle DID look really nice I think because it is so much harder than the hub.

Did you carefully compare the new hub to the old one?

Good luck and keep us posted

Ken