I'm looking at my "Parts List" book (for CJ-2A and 3A).  Specifically Figure 41 on page 81, showing the rear axle (semi floating).

I've got a part not shown in the figure! In Moses Ludel's Rebuilders Manual, he appears to refer to this as a bearing retainer.

It looks like the shims (Part numbers 640971-640974), except for its thickness (approximately 0.15").

Am I blind, or is this missing from the Parts List diagram?  (Is it part # 940970 listed in group 22-05?)

I guess the real thing I need to know is where it goes.  (Mea Culpa--I didn't take enough notes/photos while disassembling!)  I am assuming it goes inboard of the backing plate--with the shims.  That's what it seems in Ludel's book, and I think it's what makes sense.

Thanks,

-Paul

On mine it's tube, shims then retainer plate, brake backing plate......

Aren't the shims there to set the end play, and isn't the end play determined by the distance from the bearing to the retainer plate? So the shims would move the retainer away from the bearing, increasing end play...

And, if I remember right, you must have both axles installed to set the end play..I went round and round trying to do it one axle at a time...

Tim posted a great picture on this thread:

http://www.cj3apage.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1367517992